Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 480 · 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.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a stone
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tug of war rope
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tug of war rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a table leg
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
15. 15.🪢 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?
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a tent guy rope
17. 17.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2800 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a hanging lamp chain
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a tall bridge tower
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a swing chain
25. 25.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a stone in an arch
28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 800 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a bridge pier (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a table leg
39. 39.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope

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