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Mechanical components and devices

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There are different types of motion, but how many are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

2

2.

What are the different types of motion?

a)

Rotary, Linear, Oscillating, Reciprocating

b)

Rotary, Forwards, Swinging, Opening

c)

Left, Right, Forwards, Backwards

d)

Oscillating, Reincorporating, Line, Round

3.

Levers consist of 3 parts to control the input, process and output but what are they called?

a)

Fulcrum, Effort and Load

b)

Weight, Fulcrum and Load

c)

Effort, Pivot and Load

4.

There are 5 types of linkages. They are simple pulley, reverse motion, peg and slot and crank and slider, what is the last one?

a)

Bell Crank

b)

Snail Cam

c)

Oscillation

d)

Reverse Motion

5.

A cam and follower is a mechanism to convert what motion into what motion?

a)

Rotary into reciprocating

b)

Reciprocating into rotary

c)

Rotary into oscillating

d)

Reciprocating into oscillating

6.

There are three different types of Cams, pear, snail and ....?

a)

Electric

b)

Eccentric

c)

Circle

d)

Curved

7.

Gears process rotary motion. A spur gear is a wheel with what?

a)

Teeth around its edge

b)

Spikes around the edge

c)

A hole in the middle

d)

Nothing important

8.

What is a pinion?

a)

A personal opinion

b)

A small input gear

c)

A pink onion

d)

A type of cam

9.

To calculate the ratio of the number of teeth on the output and input gears, what equation do you use?

a)

Multiple the output by the input

b)

Divide the output by the input

c)

Add the output by the input

d)

Divide the input by the output

10.

What equation do you need to use to figure out the speed when you are given the distance and time?

a)

Distance divided by time

b)

Distance multiplied by time

c)

Distance added to time

d)

Distance subtracted by time