2026 Diverse Society Practice Test – Complete Exam Prep

Spannung in this material is used to describe the pulling force along the length of something, the force that tends to stretch it. That sense maps most closely to the English word tension, which specifically refers to a force that acts to pull or stretch along a line.

Stress would be more about the internal forces per area within a material, not the external pulling force itself. Pressure refers to a force per area acting in all directions, which isn’t what’s being described here. Strain is the result of the force—how much the object deforms—not the force itself. So, tension best captures the meaning in this context.