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Mechanical Systems 2
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A common workplace disorder causing numbness and pain in the thumb and first three finger.
Joules
Work
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Pressure
2. A device used to regulate the flow of a liquid in a hydraulic system.
Oscillate
Valve
Cam & Follower
Load
3. Movement in a straight line.
Speed ratio
Linear Motion
Force
Pressure
4. A pulley supported by attachment to something that does not move - such as a ceiling - wall - or tree.
Gear
Fulcrum
Fixed pulley
Mechanism
5. Stored energy
Newtons
Potential energy
Block and tackle
Output work
6. The results of the operation of any system.
Output
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Speed ratio
Load
7. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Inverse
Class 3 lever
Crown & Pinion
Driven Gear
8. A pear- shaped disk with an off- center pivot point - used to change rotating motion into reciprocating motion.
Sprocket
Cam & Follower
Potential energy
Force
9. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Mechanical advantage
Pneumatic systems
Ergonomics
Class 2 lever
10. Acts on a certain area.
Belt and Pulley
Force
Fulcrum
Cam & Follower
11. A twisting force.
Speed ratio
Torque
Oscillate
Crown & Pinion
12. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Speed ratio
Winch
Output work
Class 3 lever
13. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Pascal's law
Oscillate
Class 2 lever
Ergonomics
14. A push or pull on an object.
Force
Class 1 lever
Sprocket
Rack & Pinion
15. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Force
Wheel and axle
Rack & Pinion
Idler Gear
16. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread.
Output
Radius
Idler Gear
Worm & Wheel
17. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Bevel Gear
Belt and Pulley
Ratio
Radius
18. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Speed ratio
Wheel and axle
Gear
Output
19. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Output
Potential energy
Driving gear
Closed system
20. A way to measure stuff.
Gear
Valve
Newtons
Fulcrum
21. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Work
Belt and Pulley
Pitch
Output work
22. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Reciprocating
Torque
Transmission
23. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Pitch
Lever
Input
Class 1 lever
24. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Driving gear
Pulley
Ergonomics
Input
25. A mechanical system that uses a liquid under pressure in a close system to raise heavy objects.
Valve
Load
Class 2 lever
Hydraulic lift
26. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and load.
Fulcrum
Compound pulley
Driven Gear
Class 1 lever
27. The force acting perpendicular to a certain surface area.
Energy
Pressure
Valve
Lever
28. A machine used for raising or moving liquids.
Driven Gear
Pumps
Subsystems
Work
29. A machine consisting of a bar that is free to rotate around a fixed point - changing the amount of force that must be exerted to move an object.
Transmission
Lever
Work
Gear
30. The point of the lever that does not move.
Simple Gear Train
Fulcrum
Mechanical advantage
Transmission
31. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result.
Input
Work
Work
Wheel and axle
32. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Lead Screw
Ergonomics
Pumps
Joules
33. The ratio of the useful work or energy provided by a machine or system with the actual work or energy supplied to the machine or system.
Reciprocating
Block and tackle
Output work
Efficiency
34. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Belt and Pulley
Class 1 lever
Ratio
35. Measurement for work
Pitch
Belt and Pulley
Input work
Joules
36. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Rack & Pinion
Joules
Driven Gear
Hydraulic lift
37. A law stating that when pressuer is exerted on on part of a fluid - the same pressure is transmitted unchanged to all parts of the fluid - no matter what the shape of the container holding fluid. EX: water balloon.
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38. The realtioship between the speed of rotation of a smaller gear and a larger gear = number of driven gear teeth / Number of following gear teeth.
Speed ratio
Subsystems
Rack & Pinion
Input
39. The ability to do work.
Input work
Pitch
Energy
Crank & Slider
40. A wheel with a grooved rim to guide a rope or chain that runs along the groove; used to transmit or change direction of force.
Pneumatic systems
Fulcrum
Pulley
Output
41. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Idler Gear
Bevel Gear
Load
Compound pulley
42. A system in which a gas - such as air - transmits a force exerted on gas in an enclosed space.
Force
Mechanism
Pneumatic systems
Efficiency
43. The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Speed ratio
Bevel Gear
Driven Gear
Output work
44. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Winch
Fulcrum
Oscillate
Input work
45. Work= force x distance
Work
Oscillate
Ergonomics
Cam & Follower
46. The energy of motion.
Kinect energy
Driving gear
Subsystems
Block and tackle
47. A joint that allows connected shafts to spin freely while permitting a change in direction.
Universal Joint
Output work
Input
Compound pulley
48. A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
Worm & Wheel
Class 2 lever
Driven Gear
Drive Gear
49. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Efficiency
Pascal's law
Oscillate
Driving gear
50. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Gear Ratio
Sprocket
Joules
Crank & Slider