Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 838 · 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 bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a stone (d) a rope
3. 3.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a brick at a wall base
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
7. 7.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a swing chain
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a bridge pier (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
13. 13.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
14. 14.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a squeezed spring
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a bridge pier
22. 22.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
24. 24.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 18900 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
27. 27.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
30. 30.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) heats things
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
33. 33.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a swing chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a pillar under a roof
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a hanging lamp chain
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 440 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.🪢 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?
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column

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