Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 448 · 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 hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🪢 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)
6. 6.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a swing chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
8. 8.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
9. 9.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 570 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a bridge pier
16. 16.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a bridge pier (d) a tow rope on a car
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stretched rubber band
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a suspension cable
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a crane lifting cable
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
28. 28.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a table leg
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a table leg (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 50 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 975 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?

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