Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 929 · 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.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) turns things (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) pushes or squeezes
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
4. 4.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a brick (b) a stone (c) a rope (d) a concrete block
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a stone in an arch (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a squeezed spring
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
7. 7.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) tension (b) compression
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
10. 10.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) pulls or stretches (d) makes light
11. 11.🪢 A sign weighing 120 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a table leg
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a stone in an arch
14. 14.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a tow rope on a car
17. 17.🪢 A stage stands on 5 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 325 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a squeezed spring (c) a bridge pier (d) a table leg
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a temple column (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tent guy rope
20. 20.🪢 A sign weighing 450 N hangs from 3 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a pillar under a roof (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a squeezed spring
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a tent guy rope (d) a bridge pier
23. 23.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3000 N rests evenly on 2 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
24. 24.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a temple column (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a swing chain (d) a tent guy rope
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a suspension cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a temple column (d) a brick at a wall base
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 tent guy rope (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a suspension cable
29. 29.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 14700 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 760 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A stage stands on 3 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 775 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tent guy rope (d) a squeezed spring
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
34. 34.🪢 A stage stands on 4 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 50 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
35. 35.🪢 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?
36. 36.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
37. 37.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) compression (b) tension
38. 38.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a table leg (d) a stone in an arch
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a squeezed spring (d) a bridge pier
40. 40.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a crane lifting cable

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