Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 399 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
7. 7.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
9. 9.🪢 A sign weighing 340 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tent guy rope
11. 11.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
14. 14.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
15. 15.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.🪢 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
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a bridge pier
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain
25. 25.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
26. 26.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
29. 29.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
33. 33.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
39. 39.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression

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