Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 79 · 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.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a table leg (d) a bridge pier
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a bridge pier (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
7. 7.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a temple column (d) a bridge pier
9. 9.True or false: a squeezed spring is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tow rope on a car
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
18. 18.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tug of war rope
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
27. 27.🪢 A sign weighing 270 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
29. 29.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 1020 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

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