Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 425 · 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 squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 680 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 700 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a squeezed spring
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a tow rope on a car
8. 8.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a table leg
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
16. 16.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a bridge pier
21. 21.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a crane lifting cable
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a stone in an arch (d) a pillar under a roof
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
36. 36.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.🪢 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?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
40. 40.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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