Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 82 · 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 material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
4. 4.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
5. 5.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.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
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tug of war rope
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a squeezed spring
11. 11.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 700 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
13. 13.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a temple column (d) a swing chain
17. 17.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a swing chain (d) a tent guy rope
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a hanging lamp chain
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
22. 22.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
23. 23.🪢 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?
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tent guy rope (d) a suspension cable
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a temple column (d) a bridge pier
31. 31.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
32. 32.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) twisted (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 650 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
38. 38.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) turns things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) heats things
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope

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