Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 717 · 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 suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
4. 4.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 75 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tent guy rope
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
12. 12.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
14. 14.🪢 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?
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tall bridge tower
16. 16.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5600 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
17. 17.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a bridge pier
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a table leg (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
21. 21.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
24. 24.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
27. 27.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a table leg (c) a tent guy rope (d) a squeezed spring
31. 31.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
33. 33.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a temple column
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension

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