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Gears

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is mechanical advantage?

a)

It is a simple machine

b)

It is a type of gear train that multiplies force

c)

It is the amount of help you can get from using a machine to do something instead of just doing it with purely your own strength.

2.

What do we call the gear connected to the power source, such as a motor?

a)

Driven Gear

b)

Bigger Gear

c)

Smaller Gear

d)

Driving Gear

3.

What do we call the gear connected to the bicycle a wheel or mechanism in a system?

a)

Driving Gear

b)

Driven Gear

c)

Bigger Gear

d)

Smaller Gear

4.

When you have a system with a driving gear that is _______ than the driven gear you will increase torque and decrease speed.

a)

smaller

b)

bigger

c)

same size

d)

thicker

5.

When you have a system with a driving gear that is LARGER than the driven gear you will ___________________

a)

decrease Speed and decrease Torque

b)

increase Speed and increase Torque

c)

increase Speed and decrease Torque

d)

decrease Speed and increase Torque

6.

True or False:

A gear ratio is the ratio of the number of rotations of a driver gear to the number of rotations of a driven gear.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The __________ Gear causes motion

a)

Driven

b)

Driving

c)

Smallest

d)

Biggest

8.

The idler gear allows the driven and driving gears to rotate in the same _______

a)

speed

b)

way

c)

direction

d)

momentum

9.

The revolutions per minute (rpm) of the bigger gear is always ______ than the rpm of the smaller gear.

a)

slower

b)

faster

c)

more

10.

What is the gear ratio with a driving gear with 40 teeth and a driven gear with 8 teeth?

a)

5

b)

1/5

c)

5/8

d)

8/5

11.

When you have a system with a driving gear that is LARGER than the driven gear you will increase Speed and decrease _____

a)

speed

b)

ratio

c)

Momentum

d)

Torque