Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 691 · 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 or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 700 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a suspension cable (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a hanging lamp chain
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a temple column (d) a stone in an arch
6. 6.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
16. 16.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a suspension cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a temple column
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
21. 21.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
25. 25.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 15600 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) heats things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
36. 36.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 160 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain

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