PLTW AR Vocab

Front

Driven Gear

Back

The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other gear.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Front

Torque

Back

A twisting force that causes rotation.

Front

Drive Gear

Back

The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system; the input gear.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Input

Back

Information fed into a system.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Front

Autonomous

Back

Operating without direct human control.

Front

Idler Gear

Back

A gear that transmits motion but does not affect the gear ratio.

Front

Simple Gear Train

Back

A system of gears where the output gear is directly driven by the input gear.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Output

Back

The result or information produced by a system after processing the input.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Front

Gear Ratio

Back

The ratio of the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed together.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Front

Mechanical Advantage

Back

The factor by which a machine multiplies the force put into it.