Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 829 · 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 stone in an arch (b) a tent guy rope (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
2. 2.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a bridge pier (d) a swing chain
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
6. 6.🪢 A sign weighing 200 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain
8. 8.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a suspension cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 680 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a rope
17. 17.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tug of war rope (d) a pillar under a roof
19. 19.🪢 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?
20. 20.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 13300 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 350 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 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?
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a bridge pier (d) a hanging lamp chain
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a table leg
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 720 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) pushes or squeezes
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) cools things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a brick at a wall base
40. 40.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False

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