Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 888 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a table leg (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
2. 2.🪢 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?
3. 3.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a bridge pier (d) a pillar under a roof
4. 4.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
5. 5.🪢 A sign weighing 570 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
6. 6.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) cools things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) makes light
10. 10.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 8400 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 90 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a swing chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a tug of war rope
13. 13.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a temple column (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) compression (b) tension
16. 16.🪢 A sign weighing 180 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
17. 17.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
21. 21.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
22. 22.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tall bridge tower
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 280 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a stone in an arch (d) a hanging lamp chain
26. 26.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
27. 27.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a suspension cable (c) a temple column (d) a tow rope on a car
29. 29.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a stone
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stone in an arch
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stone in an arch (d) a swing chain
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a swing chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tall bridge tower
34. 34.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3600 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a suspension cable
39. 39.🪢 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?
40. 40.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1400 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?

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