Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 811 · 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 tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a crane lifting cable
3. 3.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
4. 4.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
9. 9.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a bridge pier
12. 12.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
13. 13.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
14. 14.🪢 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?
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 550 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a bridge pier
18. 18.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 500 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a table leg (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a swing chain
24. 24.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tent guy rope
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 390 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tent guy rope
32. 32.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) makes light
36. 36.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
37. 37.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a swing chain (c) a tug of war rope (d) a temple column
38. 38.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression

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