Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 782 · 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.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
3. 3.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
6. 6.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
7. 7.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a table leg (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base
15. 15.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a table leg (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (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.🪢 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?
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tall bridge tower
24. 24.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a stone (d) a rope
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a table leg (d) a tent guy rope
26. 26.🪢 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?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a table leg (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 600 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
33. 33.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a suspension cable (d) a brick at a wall base
35. 35.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True

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