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Mechanical Systems 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Crown & Pinion
Subsystems
Bevel Gear
Pressure
2. 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.
Pascal's law
Efficiency
Input work
Pulley
3. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Linear Motion
Work
Belt and Pulley
Winch
4. The energy of motion.
Ergonomics
Kinect energy
Output work
Closed system
5. Circular movement.
Torque
Bevel Gear
Rotary Motion
Driving gear
6. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Lever
Subsystems
Compound pulley
Oscillate
7. The point of the lever that does not move.
Joules
Fixed pulley
Fulcrum
Idler Gear
8. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Work
Mechanical advantage
Pitch
Force
9. A machine used for raising or moving liquids.
Oscillate
Rack & Pinion
Pumps
Energy
10. The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Reciprocating
Torque
Gear
Output work
11. The distance in a strait line from the center of a circle to the circle circumference
Linear Motion
Energy
Driven Gear
Radius
12. A rotating wheel- like device with teeth around the rim.
Driven Gear
Kinect energy
Gear
Efficiency
13. 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.
Block and tackle
Fulcrum
Lever
Driven Gear
14. A device used to regulate the flow of a liquid in a hydraulic system.
Pressure
Class 1 lever
Ratio
Valve
15. The force acting perpendicular to a certain surface area.
Hydraulic lift
Lead Screw
Pressure
Input work
16. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Pressure
Efficiency
Class 2 lever
Ergonomics
17. The weight of an object that is is moved or lifted by a machine - or resistance to movement that a machine must overcome
Driven Gear
Load
Gear
Mechanism
18. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and load.
Belt and Pulley
Crown & Pinion
Driven Gear
Class 1 lever
19. The ability to do work.
Work
Energy
Driven Gear
Input
20. A joint that allows connected shafts to spin freely while permitting a change in direction.
Simple Gear Train
Newtons
Universal Joint
Work
21. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Gear
Lead Screw
Driven Gear
Force
22. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Joules
Potential energy
Simple Gear Train
Gear Ratio
23. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.
Gear Ratio
Pulley
Drive Gear
Crank & Slider
24. Movement in a straight line.
Linear Motion
Gear
Work
Driving gear
25. A way to measure stuff.
Mechanical advantage
Radius
Worm & Wheel
Newtons
26. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Sprocket
Rack & Pinion
Driving gear
Linear Motion
27. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Radius
Mechanism
Driving gear
Newtons
28. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Closed system
Pneumatic systems
Gear
Universal Joint
29. 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.
Valve
Crank & Slider
Speed ratio
Linear Motion
30. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Work
Wheel and axle
Class 2 lever
Universal Joint
31. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Force
Drive Gear
Idler Gear
Closed system
32. A twisting force.
Torque
Sprocket
Subsystems
Kinect energy
33. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Gear
Rack & Pinion
Cam & Follower
Transmission
34. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Energy
Ratio
Efficiency
Pitch
35. Acts on a certain area.
Force
Fulcrum
Mechanical advantage
Universal Joint
36. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Energy
Mechanical advantage
Driven Gear
Pneumatic systems
37. 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.
Efficiency
Input
Speed ratio
Idler Gear
38. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Work
Rack & Pinion
Mechanical advantage
Fixed pulley
39. A push or pull on an object.
Winch
Inverse
Force
Crank & Slider
40. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Rack & Pinion
Driving gear
Universal Joint
Linear Motion
41. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Compound pulley
Oscillate
Driving gear
Gear
42. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Joules
Class 1 lever
Driven Gear
Oscillate
43. A system in which a gas - such as air - transmits a force exerted on gas in an enclosed space.
Pneumatic systems
Inverse
Simple Gear Train
Reciprocating
44. A back and forth movement.
Input
Reciprocating
Oscillate
Radius
45. Work= force x distance
Work
Lever
Efficiency
Pneumatic systems
46. 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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47. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Oscillate
Load
Driven Gear
Mechanical advantage
48. Opposite in position - direction - order or effect.
Newtons
Worm & Wheel
Lever
Inverse
49. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Input work
Simple Gear Train
Pascal's law
Work
50. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Energy
Idler Gear
Pulley
Pitch