Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 899 · 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 of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a swing chain (b) a suspension cable (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a crane lifting cable
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a stone (b) a concrete block (c) a brick (d) a rope
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a swing chain (d) a tow rope on a car
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a temple column
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a swing chain (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a bridge pier
8. 8.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9000 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 6000 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tent guy rope (d) a table leg
13. 13.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) pulls or stretches (d) heats things
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a crane lifting cable
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a bridge pier (c) a tent guy rope (d) a temple column
17. 17.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain
18. 18.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) makes light (d) cools things
19. 19.True or false: a stretched rubber band is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
21. 21.True or false: a temple column is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tug of war rope (d) a tow rope on a car
23. 23.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a squeezed spring (d) a hanging lamp chain
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
26. 26.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 A sign weighing 440 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
29. 29.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a stretched rubber band
30. 30.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a tall bridge tower
32. 32.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a bridge pier (d) a tug of war rope
33. 33.True or false: a table leg is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a temple column (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tent guy rope
36. 36.🪢 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?
37. 37.🪢 A sign weighing 20 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
38. 38.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1800 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) not affected (d) stretched (tension)
40. 40.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False

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