Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 522 · 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 material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a stone
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
9. 9.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
11. 11.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 750 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
25. 25.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 10000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6000 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
29. 29.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stone in an arch
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a stone in an arch (d) a table leg
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a bridge pier (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tow rope on a car
38. 38.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

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