Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 642 · 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.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
6. 6.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
13. 13.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
15. 15.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
16. 16.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
17. 17.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 570 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3500 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 210 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a brick at a wall base
27. 27.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 800 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stone in an arch
29. 29.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 250 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
30. 30.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a stone in an arch
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
36. 36.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable

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