NEET · Physics · Compressive or Tensile Stress

Exercise and reference answers

Items

1. Item

   Stretching a rubber band

   Answer

   left

2. Item

   Pushing the ends of a steel rod together

   Answer

   right

3. Item

   Hanging a weight from a wire

   Answer

   left

4. Item

   Weight of a beam on a vertical column

   Answer

   right

5. Item

   Towing a cable at both ends

   Answer

   left

6. Item

   Pressing a sponge between two hands

   Answer

   right

Categories

Left

Tensile stress

Right

Compressive stress

Instructions

Sort each scenario: tensile or compressive stress?