Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 682 · 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 is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a concrete block
4. 4.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
6. 6.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) makes light (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a temple column (d) a tent guy rope
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tow rope on a car
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
22. 22.🪢 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)
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a suspension cable (d) a stone in an arch
24. 24.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
28. 28.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tall bridge tower
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 960 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stone in an arch (d) a suspension cable
37. 37.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope

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