Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 596 · 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.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pushes or squeezes (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a swing chain (d) a tug of war rope
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 660 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
15. 15.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 850 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 320 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a crane lifting cable
22. 22.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a suspension cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stretched rubber band
27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
28. 28.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪢 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?
31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
36. 36.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) stretched (tension)
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tug of war rope
38. 38.🪢 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?
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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