Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 50 · 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.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 675 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stone in an arch (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
7. 7.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
11. 11.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
14. 14.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a bridge pier
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a pillar under a roof
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
24. 24.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13300 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 90 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 510 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 800 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 900 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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