Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 875 · 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 tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 650 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
5. 5.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) turns things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a temple column (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.🪢 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?
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a temple column
15. 15.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a rope (c) a brick (d) a stone
17. 17.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a swing chain (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
21. 21.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stone in an arch (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
22. 22.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 400 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stretched rubber band
24. 24.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
28. 28.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 150 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a suspension cable
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a swing chain
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a suspension cable (d) a swing chain
33. 33.🪢 A sign weighing 60 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
34. 34.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tug of war rope
35. 35.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a stone in an arch (d) a crane lifting cable
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a table leg
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tent guy rope
39. 39.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression

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