Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 75 · 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) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a tall bridge tower
3. 3.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
4. 4.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 11000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a squeezed spring (d) a table leg
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stone in an arch (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base
8. 8.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
14. 14.🪢 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?
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪢 A sign weighing 100 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 525 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a bridge pier
21. 21.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2100 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
27. 27.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 75 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
28. 28.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
29. 29.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18000 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
35. 35.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1600 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 525 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 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?

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