Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 817 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tent guy rope
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a suspension cable
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
11. 11.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
13. 13.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tent guy rope
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a temple column (c) a stone in an arch (d) a swing chain
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
20. 20.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
22. 22.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
23. 23.🪢 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?
24. 24.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 100 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a table leg
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tall bridge tower
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 90 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a pillar under a roof
33. 33.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a stone in an arch (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stone in an arch (d) a table leg
37. 37.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 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?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a table leg (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a crane lifting cable
40. 40.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False

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