Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 915 · 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 stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
2. 2.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a concrete block (c) a rope (d) a stone
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
6. 6.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a squeezed spring (c) a tug of war rope (d) a temple column
8. 8.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a swing chain (c) a tent guy rope (d) a tug of war rope
9. 9.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 350 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
10. 10.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a temple column (d) a squeezed spring
13. 13.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) squeezed (compression) (c) stretched (tension) (d) not affected
14. 14.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a suspension cable (d) a hanging lamp chain
17. 17.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a swing chain (d) a stone in an arch
18. 18.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) tension (b) compression
19. 19.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
20. 20.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16000 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a swing chain (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a brick at a wall base
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a suspension cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a crane lifting cable
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
25. 25.🪢 A sign weighing 340 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a suspension cable (c) a bridge pier (d) a stretched rubber band
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a suspension cable (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a pillar under a roof
29. 29.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a swing chain (d) a tall bridge tower
31. 31.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) tension (b) compression
33. 33.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 12500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
34. 34.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) compression (b) tension
35. 35.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) pushes or squeezes (c) heats things (d) turns things
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) compression (b) tension
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a bridge pier (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a stone in an arch
38. 38.🪢 A sign weighing 150 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
39. 39.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
40. 40.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a temple column (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tow rope on a car

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