Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 904 · 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 stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 625 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
2. 2.🪢 A sign weighing 360 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a swing chain (d) a hanging lamp chain
4. 4.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
5. 5.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a concrete block (b) a stone (c) a brick (d) a rope
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a tent guy rope (d) a brick at a wall base
9. 9.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3600 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a suspension cable (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a tug of war rope
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 320 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 1200 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tent guy rope
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a bridge pier (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a table leg
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stone in an arch (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a pillar under a roof
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a squeezed spring (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
20. 20.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 850 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) makes light (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) cools things
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a squeezed spring (d) a swing chain
24. 24.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pushes or squeezes (d) pulls or stretches
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
27. 27.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a tug of war rope
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a stone in an arch
29. 29.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a swing chain (d) a suspension cable
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 300 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a tall bridge tower
32. 32.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) squeezed (compression) (c) twisted (d) not affected
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 4800 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 800 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tug of war rope (d) a table leg
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a hanging lamp chain

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