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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Input work
Kinect energy
Linear Motion
Winch
2. Measurement for work
Idler Gear
Pascal's law
Joules
Pumps
3. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result.
Compound pulley
Pitch
Input
Newtons
4. The energy of motion.
Kinect energy
Pneumatic systems
Belt and Pulley
Worm & Wheel
5. The weight of an object that is is moved or lifted by a machine - or resistance to movement that a machine must overcome
Joules
Rotary Motion
Pumps
Load
6. Work= force x distance
Driving gear
Work
Force
Cam & Follower
7. A pear- shaped disk with an off- center pivot point - used to change rotating motion into reciprocating motion.
Lever
Work
Subsystems
Cam & Follower
8. The force acting perpendicular to a certain surface area.
Output
Pressure
Gear
Work
9. 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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10. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Belt and Pulley
Pascal's law
Crank & Slider
Potential energy
11. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Driving gear
Driven Gear
Idler Gear
Oscillate
12. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Subsystems
Winch
Gear
Ratio
13. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Closed system
Pulley
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Work
14. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Output work
Driving gear
Linear Motion
Idler Gear
15. A rotating wheel- like device with teeth around the rim.
Reciprocating
Gear
Drive Gear
Kinect energy
16. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread.
Work
Bevel Gear
Lead Screw
Worm & Wheel
17. Stored energy
Potential energy
Pressure
Driving gear
Output
18. The ability to do work.
Crank & Slider
Worm & Wheel
Energy
Driving gear
19. A pulley supported by attachment to something that does not move - such as a ceiling - wall - or tree.
Hydraulic lift
Simple Gear Train
Fixed pulley
Input work
20. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Torque
Crown & Pinion
Reciprocating
Fulcrum
21. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.
Class 2 lever
Force
Gear Ratio
Newtons
22. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Bevel Gear
Kinect energy
Driven Gear
Hydraulic lift
23. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Work
Crown & Pinion
Transmission
Reciprocating
24. Acts on a certain area.
Input
Force
Driving gear
Sprocket
25. A machine consisting of a small cylinder - a crank or handle - on a cable. Winch can be used to lift or pull things
Idler Gear
Universal Joint
Input work
Winch
26. 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
Gear
Gear
Rack & Pinion
27. A mechanical system that uses a liquid under pressure in a close system to raise heavy objects.
Hydraulic lift
Speed ratio
Class 2 lever
Driving gear
28. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Class 2 lever
Closed system
Input work
Energy
29. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Inverse
Class 3 lever
Bevel Gear
Block and tackle
30. The point of the lever that does not move.
Sprocket
Fulcrum
Lever
Ratio
31. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Compound pulley
Oscillate
Class 1 lever
Potential energy
32. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Kinect energy
Drive Gear
Rack & Pinion
Mechanism
33. A combination of fixed and movable pulleys - may be used to list very heavy or awkward loads.
Pascal's law
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Block and tackle
Class 2 lever
34. A device used to regulate the flow of a liquid in a hydraulic system.
Efficiency
Radius
Mechanical advantage
Valve
35. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Mechanism
Force
Gear
Transmission
36. 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.
Pulley
Drive Gear
Joules
Kinect energy
37. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Inverse
Wheel and axle
Gear
Winch
38. Circular movement.
Idler Gear
Universal Joint
Radius
Rotary Motion
39. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Mechanism
Mechanical advantage
Driven Gear
Closed system
40. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes reciprocating motion into rotary motion.
Sprocket
Mechanical advantage
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Crank & Slider
41. Opposite in position - direction - order or effect.
Force
Potential energy
Oscillate
Inverse
42. A twisting force.
Linear Motion
Gear
Torque
Input
43. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Driven Gear
Class 1 lever
Valve
Subsystems
44. The distance in a strait line from the center of a circle to the circle circumference
Pneumatic systems
Radius
Bevel Gear
Idler Gear
45. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Driven Gear
Reciprocating
Lever
Rotary Motion
46. A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
Input
Pitch
Class 2 lever
Bevel Gear
47. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Gear Ratio
Block and tackle
Simple Gear Train
Crank & Slider
48. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Work
Worm & Wheel
Pitch
Sprocket
49. A back and forth movement.
Pneumatic systems
Reciprocating
Class 3 lever
Subsystems
50. 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.
Lever
Output
Pressure
Fixed pulley