Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 543 · 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 table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a suspension cable
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a table leg (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column
8. 8.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
9. 9.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a temple column (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a squeezed spring
12. 12.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
15. 15.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a rope
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
17. 17.🪢 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?
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a table leg (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
23. 23.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
26. 26.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof
29. 29.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
34. 34.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 swing chain
35. 35.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable

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