Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 566 · 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 of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a tent guy rope
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 800 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a table leg
8. 8.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 825 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 525 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
15. 15.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a suspension cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 475 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 900 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a swing chain
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a stone (d) a brick
27. 27.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 775 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
29. 29.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
30. 30.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a stone in an arch
32. 32.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 550 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
34. 34.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a tent guy rope
37. 37.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?

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