Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 722 · 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.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
3. 3.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
7. 7.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7200 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
15. 15.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
17. 17.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) heats things
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a squeezed spring (d) a table leg
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a swing chain
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a brick at a wall base
22. 22.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a rope
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 480 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a tent guy rope
26. 26.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 420 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base
29. 29.🪢 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?
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tent guy rope
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 75 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a pillar under a roof
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a bridge pier (d) a tent guy rope
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16100 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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