PLTW POE Semester 1

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• ABET

• PhET

• PE

• ABTE

A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.

• Chain

• Sprocket

• Rope

• Belt

A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.

• Training

• Career

• Application

• Buddy the Elf

A series of usually metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another and used to transmit motion and power within a sprocket system.

• Chain

• Rope

• Belt

• Band

An external force applied to an object.

• External Force

• Resistance

• Efficiency

• Friction

The ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input, or the percentage of the work input that is converted to work output.

• Efficiency

• Work

• Effort

• Resistance

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

• Heat

• Work

• Effort

• Friction

The fixed point around which a lever rotates.

• Pivot

• Fulcrum

• Base

• Floor

A circular toothed object used to transfer rotary motion and torque through interlocking teeth.

• Pulley

• Lever

• Gear

• Sensor

Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.

• Ideal Mechanical Advantage

• Actual Mechanical Advantage