Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 796 · 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.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a stone in an arch
2. 2.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a squeezed spring
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tall bridge tower
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tent guy rope
10. 10.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
13. 13.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a swing chain (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
17. 17.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4400 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a pillar under a roof
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tug of war rope
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tow rope on a car
22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
23. 23.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 400 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a bridge pier
27. 27.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tow rope on a car
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
31. 31.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
32. 32.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) stretched (tension)
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 5400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8000 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 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?

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