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POE 24 Lesson 1.2 Mechanisms Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The image shown is a vice grip.  When the lever is rotated, the grips move towards each other.  What are the input and output motions?
a)
input=linear
output=linear
b)
input=linear
output=reciprocating
c)
Input=rotary
output=rotary
d)
Input=rotary
Output=linear
2.
The image shown is an ice cream scoop.  As the lever is pressed, the center scoop moves along the scoop itself.  What is the input and output motions?
a)
Input=rotary
output=rotary
b)
input=oscillating
output=oscillating
c)
Input=rotary
output=oscillating
d)
input=rotary
output=linear
3.
The following is an image of a hand mixer.  When the crank is turned the beaters rotate towards each other.  What is the input and output motions?
a)
Input=rotary
Output=rotary
b)
Input=oscillating
Output=Linear
c)
Input=Reciprocating
Output=Rotary
d)
Input=Rotary
Output=Linear
4.
Movement in a circular motion
a)
Rotary 
b)
Oscillating
c)
Linear
d)
Reciprocating
5.
Movement in one direction along a straight line
a)
singular 
b)
Linear 
c)
reciprocating
6.
Oscillation is?
a)
Continuous movement in a straight line
b)
Movement at the end of a spring
c)
Another name for reversible direction
d)
Movement similar to a pendulum
7.
Identify two types of motion in a bike
a)
LINEAR AND RECIPROCATING
b)
ROTARY AND OSCILLATING
c)
LINEAR AND ROTARY
d)
ROTARY AND RECIPROCATING
8.
Movement that goes back and forth in a straight line
a)
Rotary
b)
Linear
c)
Oscillating
d)
Reciprocating 
9.
Movement along an arched path; back and forth
a)
rotary
b)
oscillating
c)
reciprocating
d)
linear
10.

What types of motion are seen here?

a)

linear and reciprocating

b)

oscillating and reciprocating

c)

oscillating and rotary

d)

reciprocating and linear

11.

A train moving along tracks is an example of what type of motion?

a)

Linear Motion

b)

Rotary Motion

c)

Oscillating Motion

d)

Reciprocating Motion

12.

Swinging on a playground swing is a good example of:

a)

Linear Motion

b)

Rotary Motion

c)

Oscillating Motion

d)

Reciprocating Motion

13.

A bicycle wheel turning is an example of what type of motion?

a)

Linear Motion

b)

Rotary Motion

c)

Oscillating Motion

d)

Reciprocating Motion

14.

The needle of a sewing machine moving quickly up and down is an example of what type of motion?

a)

Linear Motion

b)

Rotary Motion

c)

Oscillating Motion

d)

Reciprocating Motion

15.

This is ____________ motion.

a)

Oscillatory

b)

Linear

c)

Reciprocating

d)

Rotation

16.

This is ______________ motion.

a)

Rotary

b)

Linear

c)

Oscillating

d)

Reciprocating

17.

Identify the type of motion that involves a repeated back-and-forth movement along a straight line.

a)

Rotational motion

b)

Linear motion

c)

Reciprocating motion

d)

Oscillating motion

18.

Which type of motion is characterized by a continuous movement around a central axis?

a)

Reciprocating motion

b)

Linear motion

c)

Oscillating motion

d)

Rotational motion

19.

A child on a swing exhibits which type of motion?

a)

Reciprocating motion

b)

Linear motion

c)

Oscillating motion

d)

Rotational motion

20.

What type of motion is this?

a)

Linear

b)

Rotary

c)

Reciprocating

d)

Oscillating

21.

What type of motion is this?

a)

Linear

b)

Reciprocating

c)

Oscillating

d)

Rotary

22.

What type of motion is this?

a)

Linear

b)

Reciprocating

c)

Oscillating

d)

Rotary

23.

What was special about Rube Goldbergs drawings?

a)

They were always very detailed

b)

They show a complicated way of doing a simple task.

c)

They were always in black and white

d)

He never used paint

24.

What is a Rube Goldberg machine?

a)

A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction.

b)

A Rube Goldberg machine is a type of musical instrument

c)

A Rube Goldberg machine is a type of sports equipment

d)

A Rube Goldberg machine is a type of computer software

25.

Who was Rube Goldberg?

a)

American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor

b)

Japanese architect

c)

French painter

d)

Russian composer

26.

What is the purpose of a Rube Goldberg machine?

a)

To perform a task efficiently and quickly

b)

To simplify complex processes

c)

To showcase minimalism and simplicity

d)

To perform a simple task in a complex and convoluted way