Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 96 · 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 swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a stone in an arch is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🪢 Tension or compression: a stone in an arch? (a) tension (b) compression
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a stone in an arch (c) a table leg (d) a suspension cable
5. 5.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
6. 6.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a temple column
7. 7.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pulls or stretches
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a pillar under a roof? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a suspension cable (b) a tent guy rope (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof
10. 10.🪢 Tension or compression: a hanging lamp chain? (a) tension (b) compression
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a crane lifting cable
12. 12.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) compression (b) tension
13. 13.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a tug of war rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a squeezed spring
15. 15.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pulls or stretches (c) pushes or squeezes (d) turns things
16. 16.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) compression (b) tension
17. 17.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a swing chain (d) a pillar under a roof
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a hanging lamp chain (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a squeezed spring (d) a suspension cable
21. 21.True or false: a tug of war rope is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a table leg
23. 23.🪢 Tension or compression: a temple column? (a) compression (b) tension
24. 24.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
25. 25.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a table leg (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a tug of war rope (d) a brick at a wall base
26. 26.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a swing chain (d) a table leg
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a brick at a wall base? (a) compression (b) tension
28. 28.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🪢 Tension or compression: a swing chain? (a) compression (b) tension
30. 30.🪢 A sign weighing 80 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a brick (c) a concrete block (d) a stone
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a table leg (c) a tent guy rope (d) a stone in an arch
33. 33.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) stretched (tension) (b) not affected (c) squeezed (compression) (d) twisted
35. 35.🪢 A sign weighing 520 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
36. 36.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a brick at a wall base
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a tent guy rope (c) a crane lifting cable (d) a stone in an arch
39. 39.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a bridge pier (d) a table leg

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