Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 441 · 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 brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a suspension cable
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 450 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stone in an arch (c) a bridge pier (d) a tow rope on a car
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a bridge pier (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2100 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a table leg (c) a temple column (d) a bridge pier
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a tent guy rope
18. 18.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a squeezed spring
25. 25.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4200 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
35. 35.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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