PLTW AR Vocab

 Something put into a system, such as resources, information, or signals, in order to achieve a result.

• Input Gear

• Output Gear

• Drive Gear

• Driven Gear

Movement in a circular motion

• Rotary 
• Oscillating
• Linear
• Reciprocating

Movement that goes back and forth in a straight line

• Rotary
• Linear
• Oscillating
• Reciprocating 

What happens to speed
when you increase torque?

• Speed Increases
• Speed decreases
• Speed stays the same

When gears are equal in size, what is the gear ratio?

• 1:2
• 1:3
• 2:5
• 1:1

If torque increases, speed ___________.

• Increases
• Decreases
• Remains Constant

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Information fed into a system

• input

• force

• output

• torque

A twisting force

• output

• input

• force

• torque

A circular motion

• input

• output

• rotary

• torque

The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.

• gear ratio

• drive gear

• driven gear

• idler gear