Tension and Compression Worksheet

Engineering lesson 18: Tension and compression · Set 999 · 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 tall bridge tower? (a) tension (b) compression
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tent guy rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a brick at a wall base (d) a crane lifting cable
3. 3.True or false: a tent guy rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a tow rope on a car is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🪢 A beam rests on two supports and is pressed down in the middle. Its bottom edge is … (a) squeezed (compression) (b) not affected (c) stretched (tension) (d) twisted
6. 6.🪢 Tension or compression: a tow rope on a car? (a) tension (b) compression
7. 7.True or false: a temple column is in tension (pulled). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🪢 Tension or compression: a tent guy rope? (a) tension (b) compression
9. 9.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a squeezed spring (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a bridge pier
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a temple column (c) a hanging lamp chain (d) a pillar under a roof
11. 11.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 17400 N rests evenly on 6 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
12. 12.True or false: a table leg is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a swing chain (c) a bridge pier (d) a tow rope on a car
14. 14.🪢 Tension or compression: a tug of war rope? (a) tension (b) compression
15. 15.🪢 A concrete slab weighing 16800 N rests evenly on 8 identical pillars. What compression force does each pillar carry, in newtons?
16. 16.🪢 Which material is good in tension but useless in compression? (a) a rope (b) a brick (c) a stone (d) a concrete block
17. 17.🪢 Tension or compression: a stretched rubber band? (a) tension (b) compression
18. 18.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a stone in an arch (b) a swing chain (c) a table leg (d) a tall bridge tower
19. 19.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a bridge pier (b) a table leg (c) a tall bridge tower (d) a tow rope on a car
20. 20.True or false: a tent guy rope is in tension (pulled). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🪢 Tension or compression: a suspension cable? (a) tension (b) compression
22. 22.🪢 Tension or compression: a squeezed spring? (a) tension (b) compression
23. 23.🪢 A sign weighing 640 N hangs from 4 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
24. 24.🪢 A sign weighing 260 N hangs from 2 identical vertical ropes that share the load equally. What is the tension in each rope, in newtons?
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a table leg (b) a tow rope on a car (c) a tug of war rope (d) a suspension cable
26. 26.🪢 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?
27. 27.True or false: a tall bridge tower is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a tug of war rope is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a swing chain is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a suspension cable is in compression (pushed). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🪢 Compression is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) makes light (c) pulls or stretches (d) cools things
32. 32.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a tow rope on a car (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a squeezed spring (d) a crane lifting cable
33. 33.🪢 Tension or compression: a crane lifting cable? (a) compression (b) tension
34. 34.Which of these is in tension (pulled)? (a) a pillar under a roof (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a brick at a wall base
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tall bridge tower (b) a bridge pier (c) a stretched rubber band (d) a temple column
36. 36.True or false: a crane lifting cable is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🪢 Tension is a force that … (a) pushes or squeezes (b) heats things (c) pulls or stretches (d) turns things
38. 38.True or false: a stone in an arch is in compression (pushed). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is in compression (pushed)? (a) a stretched rubber band (b) a crane lifting cable (c) a stone in an arch (d) a swing chain
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a tug of war rope (b) a hanging lamp chain (c) a temple column (d) a stretched rubber band

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