Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 440 · 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 bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stone in an arch (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a brick at a wall base
7. 7.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 750 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a swing chain
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
11. 11.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
17. 17.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
20. 20.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tow rope on a car
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
26. 26.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) turns things
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a squeezed spring
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
35. 35.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 775 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope

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