Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 872 · 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 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
2. 2.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a temple column
4. 4.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
5. 5.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tent guy rope (c) a stone in an arch (d) a brick at a wall base
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
8. 8.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 525 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
9. 9.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a brick
10. 10.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a table leg (d) a crane lifting cable
11. 11.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) not affected (b) stretched (tension) (c) twisted (d) squeezed (compression)
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a tug of war rope
13. 13.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tent guy rope
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
18. 18.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 575 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
20. 20.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
24. 24.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 540 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a bridge pier (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
28. 28.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
29. 29.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.🪢 A stage stands on 6 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 300 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 475 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 240 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a table leg? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension

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