Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 84 · 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.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stone in an arch
4. 4.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
5. 5.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) turns things (d) pushes or squeezes
9. 9.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
10. 10.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 225 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
11. 11.🪢 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?
12. 12.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a bridge pier (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a temple column (d) a suspension cable
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a swing chain
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a swing chain
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tug of war rope
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a bridge pier
20. 20.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a temple column
21. 21.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 2400 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tug of war rope (c) a temple column (d) a tent guy rope
24. 24.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 550 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) tension (b) compression
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain
28. 28.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9200 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
31. 31.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
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.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable
36. 36.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tug of war rope
37. 37.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a rope (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tent guy rope (d) a bridge pier
40. 40.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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