Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 526 · 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 suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a rope
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stretched rubber band
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
6. 6.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) squeezed (compression) (d) not affected
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
9. 9.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 1000 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
14. 14.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
19. 19.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stretched rubber band
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
27. 27.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 400 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
35. 35.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
36. 36.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stretched rubber band
40. 40.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True

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