Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 431 · 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.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
4. 4.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stone in an arch
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 1200 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) twisted (c) squeezed (compression) (d) stretched (tension)
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a squeezed spring (d) a brick at a wall base
33. 33.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
35. 35.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a table leg
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
39. 39.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tall bridge tower

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