Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 661 · 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 of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a stone (d) a concrete block
5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6300 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
7. 7.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
9. 9.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a table leg
17. 17.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
18. 18.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4200 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
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 swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tug of war rope
31. 31.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7200 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 23200 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
33. 33.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 390 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension

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