Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 704 · 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 temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a table leg (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
3. 3.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a table leg (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
7. 7.🪢 A sign weighing 260 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
9. 9.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) squeezed (compression) (d) not affected
10. 10.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 900 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a table leg
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a squeezed spring
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
15. 15.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
18. 18.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a concrete block
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base
24. 24.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18200 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
28. 28.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a bridge pier (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tall bridge tower
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🪢 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?
35. 35.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 220 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 825 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a pillar under a roof
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a hanging lamp chain

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