Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 784 · 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 hanging lamp chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
3. 3.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stretched rubber band
8. 8.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stretched rubber band
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a temple column (c) a suspension cable (d) a brick at a wall base
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
19. 19.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
21. 21.🪢 A sign weighing 700 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 520 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
27. 27.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 21000 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof
29. 29.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
30. 30.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a pillar under a roof
33. 33.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
35. 35.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 A sign weighing 450 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 950 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?

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