Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 939 · 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 tension (pulled)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a table leg (c) a suspension cable (d) a tall bridge tower
2. 2.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a table leg
4. 4.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) twisted (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) squeezed (compression)
5. 5.🪢 A sign weighing 160 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) compression (b) tension
7. 7.🪢 A sign weighing 1200 N hangs from 6 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
8. 8.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a hanging lamp chain
10. 10.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) pulls or stretches (c) heats things (d) turns things
11. 11.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
12. 12.True or false: a suspension cable is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a squeezed spring (d) a tall bridge tower
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
16. 16.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a squeezed spring (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a temple column
17. 17.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 800 N rests evenly on 4 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
18. 18.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🪢 A sign weighing 600 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
20. 20.True or false: a bridge pier is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a stone in an arch (c) a tent guy rope (d) a crane lifting cable
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a squeezed spring (c) a bridge pier (d) a brick at a wall base
24. 24.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a stone in an arch (c) a temple column (d) a squeezed spring
25. 25.True or false: a hanging lamp chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
29. 29.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 7000 N rests evenly on 7 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
30. 30.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
32. 32.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) compression (b) tension
33. 33.True or false: a squeezed spring is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tug of war rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tent guy rope
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crane lifting cable (b) a suspension cable (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a pillar under a roof
37. 37.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) cools things (c) makes light (d) pulls or stretches
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tent guy rope (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a tug of war rope
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a swing chain (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a temple column
40. 40.🪢 Tension or compression: a tall bridge tower? (a) compression (b) tension

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