Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 410 · 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.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
4. 4.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 300 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 775 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a brick at a wall base
8. 8.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) cools things (d) makes light
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stretched rubber band
10. 10.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
13. 13.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
17. 17.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
20. 20.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) heats things
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 925 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9000 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tent guy rope (d) a squeezed spring
31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 300 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
37. 37.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

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