Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 991 · 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.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) compression (b) tension
2. 2.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 9500 N rests evenly on 5 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a swing chain (c) a stone in an arch (d) a squeezed spring
4. 4.🪢 A stage stands on 8 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 175 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a brick at a wall base (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a pillar under a roof
6. 6.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stone in an arch (d) a tent guy rope
7. 7.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a table leg (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a hanging lamp chain
9. 9.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a table leg (c) a bridge pier (d) a crane lifting cable
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a bridge pier (c) a tent guy rope (d) a pillar under a roof
12. 12.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pulls or stretches (b) makes light (c) cools things (d) pushes or squeezes
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a tug of war rope (c) a swing chain (d) a tent guy rope
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
15. 15.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a tug of war rope (c) a suspension cable (d) a stretched rubber band
16. 16.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a bridge pier
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge pier (b) a stretched rubber band (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a table leg
18. 18.True or false: a pillar under a roof is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a tug of war rope (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a table leg
20. 20.🪢 A stage stands on 7 identical legs and each leg is squeezed with 600 N. What is the total load on the stage, in newtons?
21. 21.True or false: a brick at a wall base is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a swing chain is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a suspension cable
24. 24.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a table leg (c) a tow rope on a car (d) a crane lifting cable
25. 25.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
26. 26.🪢 A sign weighing 400 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
27. 27.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
28. 28.🪢 Tension or compression: a bridge pier? (a) tension (b) compression
29. 29.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) heats things (b) pushes or squeezes (c) turns things (d) pulls or stretches
30. 30.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 3600 N rests evenly on 3 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
31. 31.🪢 A sign weighing 400 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
32. 32.True or false: a bridge pier is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a temple column (b) a bridge pier (c) a tug of war rope (d) a table leg
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a suspension cable (c) a temple column (d) a pillar under a roof
35. 35.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a tent guy rope (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a tow rope on a car
37. 37.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a swing chain (b) a tall bridge tower (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a bridge pier
38. 38.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a squeezed spring (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a suspension cable (d) a tug of war rope
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a tent guy rope (c) a pillar under a roof (d) a hanging lamp chain
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a brick at a wall base (b) a squeezed spring (c) a suspension cable (d) a bridge pier

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