Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 470 · 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.🪢 A sign weighing 280 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
8. 8.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18900 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7800 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a table leg
17. 17.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 550 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a brick
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
22. 22.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 480 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 stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 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?
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a hanging lamp chain
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
30. 30.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tug of war rope
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car

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