Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 530 · 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 is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a swing chain
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a temple column
7. 7.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) stretched (tension) (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
11. 11.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a bridge pier (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a temple column
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 300 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
16. 16.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 450 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
24. 24.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
28. 28.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 660 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 640 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
33. 33.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stone in an arch (d) a pillar under a roof
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension

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