WorksheetsMechanisms 2º ESO
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is linear motion?
a)
A motion in a straight line
b)
A circular motion
c)
A stopping motion
d)
A back‑and‑forth motion
2.
What is rotary motion?
a)
Motion in a circle
b)
Motion in a line
c)
Motion that starts and stops
d)
Motion in two directions
3.
What is reciprocating motion?
a)
Motion in an arc
b)
Circular motion
c)
Back and forth in a straight line
d)
Random motion
4.
What is oscillating motion?
a)
Back and forth in an arc
b)
Stopping motion
c)
Straight line motion
d)
A single direction motion
5.
What is intermittent motion?
a)
Always constant
b)
Only circular
c)
Starts and stops repeatedly
d)
Only linear
6.
What is a bench in mechanisms?
a)
A sensor
b)
A motor
c)
A tool
d)
A structure that supports mechanisms
7.
A screw is made from…
a)
A pulley
b)
A wheel and axle
c)
An inclined plane around a cylinder
d)
A lever
8.
What motion does a screw convert?
a)
Rotary to linear
b)
Linear to oscillating
c)
Linear to rotary
d)
Rotary to reciprocating
9.
What is the function of a wedge?
a)
To reduce friction
b)
To separate materials
c)
To join materials
d)
To measure force
10.
What is the centre of a wheel called?
a)
The radius
b)
The axle
c)
The rim
d)
The geometric centre
11.
What is the radius of a wheel?
a)
Distance from centre to edge
b)
Distance around the wheel
c)
Thickness
d)
Diameter
12.
In a lever, the pivot is called…
a)
The driving force
b)
The fulcrum
c)
The resistant force
d)
The axle
13.
In a lever, the force you apply is the…
a)
Driving force
b)
Fulcrum force
c)
Wheel force
d)
Resistant force
14.
In a lever, the force you want to move is the…
a)
Output force
b)
Fulcrum
c)
Driving force
d)
Resistant force
15.
A type 1 lever has…
a)
Driving force in the middle
b)
Fulcrum between forces
c)
Resistant force in the middle
d)
No fulcrum
16.
A type 2 lever has…
a)
Fulcrum between forces
b)
Resistant force between fulcrum and driving force
c)
None of these
d)
Driving force in the middle
17.
A type 3 lever has…
a)
None
b)
Fulcrum in the middle
c)
Driving force between fulcrum and resistant force
d)
Resistant force in the middle
18.
What is the purpose of pulleys?
a)
To cut materials
b)
To create electricity
c)
To increase weight
d)
To transmit rotary motion
19.
A multiplier pulley system makes the steered pulley turn…
a)
Same speed
b)
Slower
c)
Backwards
d)
Faster
20.
A reducer pulley system makes the steered pulley turn…
a)
Faster
b)
Slower
c)
Stops
d)
Same speed
21.
Gears transmit rotary motion using…
a)
Cams
b)
Belts
c)
Teeth
d)
Ropes
22.
What must match for gears to work correctly?
a)
Their colour
b)
Their teeth
c)
Their length
d)
Their weight
23.
What is the module of a gear?
a)
Material
b)
Length of teeth
c)
Relation between diameter and teeth
d)
Weight of the gear
24.
What does a cam transform?
a)
Rotary to rotary
b)
Rotary motion into linear motion
c)
Linear to rotary
d)
Linear to stopping
25.
What motion does the follower of a cam make?
a)
Oscillating
b)
Stopping
c)
Circular
d)
Linear reciprocating
26.
What mechanism uses a screw and nut?
a)
Pulley
b)
Bench vice
c)
Cam
d)
Wheel
27.
A conveyor belt mainly uses…
a)
Intermittent motion
b)
Linear motion
c)
Rotary motion
d)
Oscillating motion
28.
Bicycle pedals mainly create…
a)
Linear motion
b)
Oscillating motion
c)
Stopping motion
d)
Rotary motion
29.
A wheel and axle provides…
a)
Heat
b)
Electricity
c)
Motion advantage
d)
Light
30.
What type of motion appears in a train piston?
a)
Rotary
b)
Intermittent
c)
Oscillating
d)
Reciprocating
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