Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 381 · 40 questions

Engineer's tip (Pulled or squeezed?): Tension = pulled or stretched (ropes, chains, cables). Compression = pushed or squeezed (pillars, legs, piers, arch stones). Equal sharing: force on each = total load ÷ number of identical ropes or pillars.

1. 1.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) twisted
11. 11.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 1020 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tall bridge tower
18. 18.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a bridge pier
24. 24.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
26. 26.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
27. 27.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a suspension cable
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
35. 35.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a swing chain
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a table leg (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier

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