Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 843 · 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.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
2. 2.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a stretched rubber band
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a stretched rubber band
7. 7.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
9. 9.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) stretched (tension) (c) not affected (d) squeezed (compression)
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a suspension cable (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a crane lifting cable
15. 15.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a tall bridge tower
16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 1200 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
17. 17.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🪢 A sign weighing 40 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
19. 19.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a table leg (d) a brick at a wall base
21. 21.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a stretched rubber band
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a temple column (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
23. 23.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
24. 24.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a temple column
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tall bridge tower
28. 28.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
31. 31.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8800 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 A sign weighing 300 N hangs from 5 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?

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