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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do we call the gear connected to the input power source, such as a motor?
Driven Gear
Bigger Gear
Smaller Gear
Driving Gear
What do we call the gear connected to the output, such as a wheel or mechanism in a system?
Driving Gear
Driven Gear
Bigger Gear
Smaller Gear
When you have a system with a driving gear that is _______ than the driven gear you will increase torque and decrease speed.
smaller
bigger
same size
thicker
When you have a system with a driving gear that is LARGER than the driven gear you will ___________________
decrease Speed and decrease Torque
increase Speed and increase Torque
increase Speed and decrease Torque
decrease Speed and increase Torque
The relationship between the numbers of teeth on two meshing gears used to transmit motion. It reflects the change in mechanical advantage resulting from the gears.
Gear pitch
Tooth decay
Gear ratio
aspect pitch
True or False: Two meshed gears always rotate in opposite directions
True
False
Ratio of moments = ratio of the number of teeth = ratio of radii
True
False
The driving wheel has 12 teeth, the driven wheel has 48 teeth...
The larger driven wheel will move 4 times as quick as the smaller driving wheel
The larger driven wheel will move a quarter of the speed of the smaller driving wheel
The larger driven wheel will have 4 times the turning force compared to the smaller driving wheel
The larger driven wheel will have a quarter of the turning force compared to the smaller driving wheel
A larger wheel of radius 40cm has a moment of 160Nm and is being driven by a smaller wheel of 20cm radius. What is the moment about the smaller wheel?
20 Nm
40 Nm
80 Nm
10 Nm
