Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 458 · 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 tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
5. 5.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
8. 8.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a squeezed spring (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
18. 18.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tent guy rope
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stretched rubber band
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
30. 30.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stretched rubber band
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stone in an arch (d) a temple column
33. 33.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 21000 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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