Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 783 · 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 bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
3. 3.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a squeezed spring (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
10. 10.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tall bridge tower
13. 13.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪢 A sign weighing 1080 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
15. 15.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) twisted (d) squeezed (compression)
16. 16.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a bridge pier
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 275 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
23. 23.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 875 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.🪢 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?
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
35. 35.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 200 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 725 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a swing chain (d) a squeezed spring
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a bridge pier (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a brick at a wall base
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base

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