Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 732 · 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 crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a table leg (d) a tow rope on a car
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 125 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
7. 7.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a hanging lamp chain
9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16800 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stone in an arch (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
13. 13.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a bridge pier
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 960 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
22. 22.🪢 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
23. 23.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a swing chain (d) a temple column
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a bridge pier (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 440 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a stretched rubber band
36. 36.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a crane lifting cable
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 50 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain

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