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Introduction To Engineering - 7
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1. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Innovation
Pulley
Design loop
Rack and pinion gears
2. The scientific formula for work is
W = F x d
Chain hoist
Mechanical advantage
Gears
3. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are
First- class lever
Innovations
Kinetic energy
Technology
4. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force
Worm gears
First- class lever
Kinetic energy
Design loop
5. The weight of the obect being moved
Solutions
Rack and pinion gears
Resistance
Friction
6. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same
Generate many alternative solutions
Resistance
Effort
Law of Conservation of Energy
7. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced
Technology
Appearance model
Foot- pounds
Energy
8. The turning point of a lever
Mechanical advantage
Fulcrum
The problem solving process
Work
9. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are
Gears
First- class levers
Work
Design loop
10. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Load
Spur gears
Prototypes
Kinetic energy
11. The metric unit for measuring work
Brainstorming
Newton - meter
Movable pulley
First- class levers
12. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction
Fixed pulley
Load
Wheel and axle
Spur gears
13. Provides problem clarification and specification
Solutions
Design brief
Brainstorming
Chain hoist
14. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Bevel gears
Ergonomics
Lever
Friction
15. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Work
Chain hoist
Fixed pulley
First- class lever
16. When a machine multiplies the effort being used
Pulley
Design brief
Technology
Mechanical advantage
17. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?
Brainstorming
Design loop
Friction
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
18. The improvement of things already invented
Design
Prototypes
Pulley
Innovation
19. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
First- class levers
Design loop
Pulley
20. The English unit of measuring work
Design
Potential energy
First- class levers
Foot- pounds
21. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Science
Pulley
Design
22. The planned process of change
Design
Block and tackle
Design brief
Effort
23. Provides a structure for thinking and doing
Design brief
Horsepower
Effort
Design loop
24. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary
Power
Third- class lever
Horsepower
Bevel gears
25. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)
Energy
Effort
Bevel gears
Rack and pinion gears
26. The generation of ideas for solutions
Appearance model
Brainstorming
Lever
lever
27. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is
Effort
Energy
Design loop
The problem solving process
28. The weight or resistance on a lever
Block and tackle
Load
Ergonomics
Design loop
29. More than one pulley working together
Block and tackle
Law of Conservation of Energy
Friction
Design loop
30. 550 foot- pounds per second
Horsepower
Specifications
The number of pulley wheels
Work
31. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Problems
Fixed pulley
Pulley
32. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Specifications
Horsepower
Brainstorming
Fixed pulley
33. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum - used to overcome a resistance or to raise a weight when force is applied is a
Bevel gears
lever
Innovations
Prototypes
34. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Generate many alternative solutions
Movable pulley
Block and tackle
Functional models
35. Work divided by time
Innovations
Gears
Power
Problems
36. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles
Work
Gears
Problems
Law of Conservation of Energy
37. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Specifications
Gears
Solutions
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
38. Which is not a true statement about gears?
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Resistance
Foot- pounds
Effort
39. The ability to do work
Worm gears
Specifications
Invention
Energy
40. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as
Wheel and axle
Specifications
Screw
Brainstorming
41. Ways of overcoming difficulties
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
lever
Solutions
Foot- pounds
42. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a
Newton - meter
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Pulley
Movable pulley
43. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
Design loop
First- class levers
Invention
Second- class lever
44. The difficulties we must overcome
Spur gears
Design loop
Problems
lever
45. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Movable pulley
Lever
Appearance model
46. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Pulley
Kinetic energy
The number of pulley wheels
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
47. Energy of position
Effort
Potential energy
Third- class lever
Energy
48. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Work
Generate many alternative solutions
First- class levers
Block and tackle
49. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle
Innovation
Fulcrum
The number of pulley wheels
Block and tackle
50. The force (push or pull) used to do work
Design loop
Effort
Fulcrum
Screw
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