Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 576 · 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 tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
3. 3.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a table leg
5. 5.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
6. 6.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
18. 18.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
19. 19.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope
22. 22.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a suspension cable (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stone in an arch (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
35. 35.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base

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