Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 709 · 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 hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tent guy rope
5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6300 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
6. 6.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🪢 A sign weighing 250 N hangs from 5 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 tent guy rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
9. 9.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a brick at a wall base
13. 13.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
15. 15.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 950 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
17. 17.🪢 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)
18. 18.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) turns things
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 800 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8800 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stretched rubber band
30. 30.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 400 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a hanging lamp chain
32. 32.🪢 A sign weighing 950 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
34. 34.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a table leg (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a swing chain
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a temple column
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a temple column (d) a tent guy rope
38. 38.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension

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