Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 550 · 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.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) stretched (tension) (c) twisted (d) squeezed (compression)
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
3. 3.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
10. 10.🪢 A sign weighing 1080 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a suspension cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
17. 17.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a swing chain
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) makes light (d) pushes or squeezes
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a hanging lamp chain
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13300 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stone in an arch
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension

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