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Gears

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a gear?

a)

A wheel

b)

A wheel with teeth

c)

A wheel with blades

d)

A programming language

2.

Gears can turn...

a)

Up & down

b)

Only one side

c)

Clockwise

d)

Clockwise & counter-clockwise

3.

The input gear...

a)

will move the input gear

b)

will move another gear

c)

will spin around like crazy

d)

will be always small

4.

The output gear...

a)

will be always bigger

b)

is moved by another gear

c)

will be always smaller

d)

will have more teeth

5.

The gear ratio is the proportion of

a)

Output teeth divided by input teeth

b)

Input teeth divided by output teeth

6.

Meshed gears will move in opposite directions

a)

True

b)

False

7.

An idler gear will help me move two gears in the same direction

a)

True

b)

False

8.

An idler gear is part of the gear ratio

a)

True

b)

False

9.

To increase the rotational speed I need to increase the gear ratio

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the gear ratio of the following picture? (the left one is the input)

a)

7/20/30

b)

30/7

c)

7/30

d)

3/2