WorksheetsAR Vocabulary, Leah
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads.
Rotary
Input
Chain
Gear
The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system.
Mechanism
Gear Ratio
Power
Drive Gear
The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other gear.
Driven Gear
Linear Motion
Direction of travel
Torque
The capacity to do work: the use of mechanisms is necessary to transfer energy
Ratio
Mechanical Advantage
Energy
Sprocket
If the input handle can be turned in both directions for at least one full turn, the device has a reversible direction of travel. If it can only be turned in one direction, it is non-reservible
Direction Of Travel
Flow of Power
Rack and Pinion
Transfer
A push or pull in straight line
Linear Motion
Gear ratio
Force
Mechanism
A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the of the driven parts
Mechanism
Rotary
Input
Gear
The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Inverse
Idler Gear
Gear Ratio
Chain
Something added to a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result.
Torque
Mechanism
Rotary
Input
A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Input
Rotary
Idler gear
Sprocket
Opposite in position, direction, order or effect
Inverse
Drive Gear
Sprocket
Driven Gear
Mechanical Advantage
The results of the operation of any system.
the part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
The ratio of the force that performs the useful work of a machine to the force that is applied to the machine
A swing back and forth in an arc at a regular rate
Mechanism
Circular movement.
Meshing is a term used to describe the proper engagement of teeth between two or more gears in a gear train
A back and forth movement in a straight line.
the part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Output
Meshing is a term used to describe the proper engagement of teeth between two or more gears in a gear train.
The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
The results of the operation of any system.
Meshing
The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
A back and forth movement in a straight line
Circular movement
Term used to describe the proper engagement of teeth between two or more gears in a gear train
Circular Movement
Ratio
Rotary
Rack and Pinion
Pitch
The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Rotary
Pitch
Ratio
Power
The amount of work done in a unit of time.
Simple gear train
Rotary
Power
Time
A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Rack and Pinion
Pitch
Rotary
Simple Gear Train
Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Rack and Pinion
Sprocket
Torque
Input
A push or pull in a circular direction. A twisting force.
Torque
Rotary
Pitch
Rack and Pinion
The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Torque
Rotary
Power
Work
The use of mechanisms is necessary to ___________ energy.
Power
Transfer
Pitch
Output
