Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 40 · 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 suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a table leg
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
11. 11.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a stone in an arch (d) a temple column
17. 17.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18400 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a bridge pier
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a suspension cable
26. 26.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tug of war rope
30. 30.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 450 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 260 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
39. 39.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True

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