WorksheetsPLTW Robotics Study Guide *8th Grade*
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What Is Torque
Technical drive
cranking the gear
A sudden rush of energy
A twisting force.
What is force
A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
A push or pull on an object.
energy moving the object
What is a Mechanism
The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
A part of the machine the makes up the machine
A part of the machine such as a gear or a shaft
What is rotary movement
A motion of a gear which is spinning of another gear
Circular movement.
A gear that rotates
A gear hooked on to another gear
What is a Gear
a spinning wheel
part of a mechanism
A toothed wheel or wheels that spins to make up a mechanism
part of a program
What is input and output (Select two)
Output is the information produced by a computer.
Input is Information fed into a system.
Input is the amount of energy put into the system.
Output is the amount of energy taken out.
What is Inverse
I don't know
taking what you least think that gear is going to do
Opposite in position, direction, order or effect.
I'll take the F
What is a Idler Gear
a gear in motion
A input gear
an output gear
a gear turning a specific way
What is energy
The ability to do work
Fossil fuels like coal
food
things that power my laptop
What is a drive gear
the output gear
The input gear
a toothed wheel that makes up a machine
gear that starts the machine
what is a driven gear
The input gear
the output gear
idler gear
In motion gear
Match this definition with its source *Back and forth in an arc*
What is Oscillating movement
What is rotary movement
What is linear movement
**Match this detention with its source**
Movement that goes in a straight line
What is Oscillating movement
What is rotary movement
What is linear movement
What is Reciprocating
A movement in a circle
A movement in a straight line
A movement in a back in forth movement
A movement in a square
What is a Gear Ratio
amount of the wheel spinning
how big the wheel is
How fast the gear is spinning and how its effecting the machine
how small the wheel is
What is a crank and slider
a pivot pin near the outside edge of the wheel
a pear shaped disc that rotates
a joint that allows the shaft to spin freely
what is a universal joint
a joint that makes rotary movement
a joint that allows the shaft to spin freely
the movement of the joint
