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PLTW Robotics Study Guide *8th Grade*

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Is Torque

a)

Technical drive

b)

cranking the gear

c)

A sudden rush of energy

d)

A twisting force.

2.

What is force

a)

A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.

b)

A push or pull on an object.

c)

energy moving the object

3.

What is a Mechanism

a)

The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.

b)

A part of the machine the makes up the machine

c)

A part of the machine such as a gear or a shaft

4.

What is rotary movement

a)

A motion of a gear which is spinning of another gear

b)

Circular movement.

c)

A gear that rotates

d)

A gear hooked on to another gear

5.

What is a Gear

a)

a spinning wheel

b)

part of a mechanism

c)

A toothed wheel or wheels that spins to make up a mechanism

d)

part of a program

6.

What is input and output (Select two)

a)

Output is the information produced by a computer.

b)

Input is Information fed into a system.

c)

Input is the amount of energy put into the system.

d)

Output is the amount of energy taken out.

7.

What is Inverse

a)

I don't know

b)

taking what you least think that gear is going to do

c)

Opposite in position, direction, order or effect.

d)

I'll take the F

8.

What is a Idler Gear

a)

a gear in motion

b)

A input gear

c)

an output gear

d)

a gear turning a specific way

9.

What is energy

a)

The ability to do work

b)

Fossil fuels like coal

c)

food

d)

things that power my laptop

10.

What is a drive gear

a)

the output gear

b)

The input gear

c)

a toothed wheel that makes up a machine

d)

gear that starts the machine

11.

what is a driven gear

a)

The input gear

b)

the output gear

c)

idler gear

d)

In motion gear

12.

Match this definition with its source *Back and forth in an arc*

a)

What is Oscillating movement

b)

What is rotary movement

c)

What is linear movement

13.

**Match this detention with its source**

Movement that goes in a straight line

a)

What is Oscillating movement

b)

What is rotary movement

c)

What is linear movement

14.

What is Reciprocating

a)

A movement in a circle

b)

A movement in a straight line

c)

A movement in a back in forth movement

d)

A movement in a square

15.

What is a Gear Ratio

a)

amount of the wheel spinning

b)

how big the wheel is

c)

How fast the gear is spinning and how its effecting the machine

d)

how small the wheel is

16.

What is a crank and slider

a)

a pivot pin near the outside edge of the wheel

b)

a pear shaped disc that rotates

c)

a joint that allows the shaft to spin freely

17.

what is a universal joint

a)

a joint that makes rotary movement

b)

a joint that allows the shaft to spin freely

c)

the movement of the joint