Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 697 · 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 table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🪢 A sign weighing 680 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16800 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
5. 5.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) squeezed (compression)
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
10. 10.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 675 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
13. 13.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7700 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 825 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a stone in an arch (d) a crane lifting cable
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a tent guy rope
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
27. 27.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 800 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
33. 33.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) turns things (c) heats things (d) pulls or stretches
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a temple column (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stretched rubber band
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 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?

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