Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 478 · 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 stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18400 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) stretched (tension) (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
8. 8.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
11. 11.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 330 N hangs from 3 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 tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
16. 16.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
19. 19.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 425 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a swing chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
21. 21.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) heats things
23. 23.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 725 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tow rope on a car
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 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?
32. 32.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
37. 37.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 900 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension

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