Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 51 · 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 stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a squeezed spring
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 600 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 520 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
6. 6.🪢 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)
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a pillar under a roof
17. 17.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch
22. 22.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 625 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
25. 25.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
37. 37.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 550 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
38. 38.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3900 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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