WorksheetsRobotics - basic mechanisms
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 5mins
A mechanism can change the direction of movement
TRUE
FALSE
A mechanism can change the type of movement
TRUE
FALSE
Jamal wants to make his robot move faster, which of these should he do?
Make the drive gear bigger
Make the drive gear smaller
Add an idler gear
get zombies to chase it
Jaslyn increases the torque of her gear train. What happens to the speed?
Goes up
Goes down
stays the same
If you have two meshed gears, they move...
In the same direction
In opposite directions
They don't move
They spin slowly
If I want meshed gears to move in the same direction, I need...
a sprocket
an idler gear
a shaft and collar
a zombie chain
If my input (drive) gear has 36 teeth and my output (driven) gear has 60 teeth, what is the gear ratio?
36 to 60
5 to 3
3 to 5
6 to 1
When Mr. Bee says torque and speed have an inverse relationship, what is he talking about?
If one goes up, so does the other one
They are both characters in a movie
If one goes down, so does the other one
If one goes up, the other one goes down
a fan going back and forth is an example of what type of motion
reciprocating
rotary
oscillating
linear
What is this mechanism called?
simple sprocket
gear and chain
gear train with idler
zombie gears
what is this mechanism good for?
changes direction of movement
changes type of movement
changes speed
changes torque
