Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 594 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 975 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 340 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a brick at a wall base
9. 9.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
11. 11.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a stretched rubber band
13. 13.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 775 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a temple column (d) a brick at a wall base
17. 17.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a stone
18. 18.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 1140 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a bridge pier (d) a swing chain
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.🪢 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
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
36. 36.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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