WorksheetsGears
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Little gears are used for
more rotational speed
decrease speed
decoration
turning the gear at a lower speed
BIG gears are used for
More turning power (torque)
Increase speed
Engineers often pair little gears with big gears to
Increase speed
Increase power (torque)
If you were to increase the rotational speed of a fan you would
Use a gear train with progressively SMALLER gears
Use a gear train with progressively BIGGER gears
Which of the following DOES NOT use gears?
MOBILE PHONE
CAR
TRAIN
CLOCK
Which of these use gears?
Car window
Bicycle
Car
ALL of them
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
_________have NO EFFECT on Gear Ratio or Gear Reduction, regardless of the number of teeth they have.
Idling Gears
Idler Gears
Driven Gears
Driving Gears
All gears in between the driving gear and the driven gear that only transmit power are known as ______
Idler Gears
Trained Gears
Driven Gears
Driving Gears
The __________ Gear causes motion
Driven
Driving
Smallest
Biggest
The idler gear allows the driven and driving gears to rotate in the same _______
speed
way
direction
momentum
The rpm of the bigger gear is always ______ than the rpm of the smaller gear.
slower
faster
more
less
When you have a system with a driving gear that is LARGER than the driven gear you will increase Speed and decrease _____
speed
ratio
Momentum
Torque
True or False: Two meshed gears always rotate in opposite directions
True
False
If two gear wheels are mounted on a common shaft then it's a ________ Gear Train.
Common
Compound
Complying
Shafting
_____ are directly driven by a motor
Steering
Driver
Driven
Idler
Wheels with mating teeth can turn each other without ________
slipping
friction
gripping
deteriorating
Which of the following items do not have gears?
A bicycle
A lift
A wooden saw
Wind-up toys
A _______ is a wheel with teeth that meshes with another similar gear that is typically larger or smaller.
gear
tyre
pulley
rack and opinion
The _____ gear doesn't change the gear ratio
driver
driven
idler
spur
If you need to move fast, then
use a smaller _______ gear.
driven
driving
idler
train
