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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
On your robots, if a large gear is attached to the motor and a smaller gear is attached to the wheel, what happens?
The smaller gear turns faster than the large gear and the speed of the robot increases (and torque decreases).
Both gears turn at the same speed.
The smaller gear turns slower than the large gear and the speed of the robot decreases (and torque increases).
On your robots, if a small gear is attached to the motor and a larger gear is attached to the wheel, what happens?
The larger gear turns faster than the small gear and the speed of the robot increases (and torque decreases).
Both gears turn at the same speed.
The larger gear turns slower than the small gear and the speed of the robot decreases (and torque increases).
The driven gear is the gear attached to the wheel of your EV3
True
False
The driving gear is the gear attached to the EV3 motor
True
False
Besides gears, another item that can affect the speed of the robot is...
The axle length
Direction of the motor
Number of sensors
Diameter of the wheels
