Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 473 · 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 temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
3. 3.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
4. 4.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a brick
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
7. 7.🪢 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?
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 550 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tow rope on a car
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a suspension cable
18. 18.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14000 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a table leg (c) a stone in an arch (d) a pillar under a roof
28. 28.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) twisted (c) stretched (tension) (d) squeezed (compression)
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
30. 30.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a temple column (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
35. 35.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a stone in an arch (d) a suspension cable
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a bridge pier
38. 38.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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