STEAM and GEARS

What does the letter "Μ" in S.T.E.A.M. stand for?

• Manual

• Mama

• Mathematics

• Music

The Green Gear moves anticlockwise, so the Red Gear moves:

• Clockwise

• Anticlockwise

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True or False: Two meshed (in a row) gears never rotate in the same direction

• TRUE

• FALSE

If two gears are glued together on a common shaft then

it's called a .............. Gear Train.

• Common

• Compound

• Cartesian

• Colourful

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The ............ gear is used to convert the rotation axis by 90 degrees.

• BEVEL

• WORM

• RACK & PINION

• IDLER

There is a gear called Rack and .............

• MINION

• RACCOON

• ROLL

• PINION

Which of the following are a benefit of gears?

• Change the rotation around an axis into movement on a straight line.

• Only increase the speed of applied motion

• Only decrease the applied force

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Which of the following items DOES NOT have gears?

• A hammer

• A clock

• An elevator

• An old windmill

A GEAR is a .......... with teeth that meshes with another similar gear that is typically larger or smaller.

• Square

• Wheel

• Mouth

• Bevel

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The smaller a gear is, the ......... it will turn.

• slower

• faster

• same

• double

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