Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 570 · 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 squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a suspension cable
3. 3.🪢 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
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a crane lifting cable
8. 8.🪢 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?
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
12. 12.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a swing chain (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stone in an arch
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 75 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tug of war rope
24. 24.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) heats things
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
27. 27.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a stone
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 15600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a stone in an arch
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 975 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 450 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?

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