Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 449 · 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 stretched rubber band (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
2. 2.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a suspension cable (c) a table leg (d) a squeezed spring
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
5. 5.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 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?
13. 13.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tent guy rope
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
17. 17.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) squeezed (compression) (d) not affected
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stretched rubber band
20. 20.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a table leg (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
32. 32.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 700 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a stone in an arch
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5700 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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