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Mechanical Systems 2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A machine consisting of a small cylinder - a crank or handle - on a cable. Winch can be used to lift or pull things
Mechanical advantage
Winch
Linear Motion
Radius
2. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Kinect energy
Work
Cam & Follower
Wheel and axle
3. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Drive Gear
Fixed pulley
Class 2 lever
Driving gear
4. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Input
Wheel and axle
Mechanical advantage
Potential energy
5. Movement in a straight line.
Sprocket
Gear Ratio
Linear Motion
Output
6. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Class 3 lever
Worm & Wheel
Lead Screw
Drive Gear
7. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Pascal's law
Efficiency
Transmission
Pneumatic systems
8. A combination of fixed and movable pulleys - may be used to list very heavy or awkward loads.
Rotary Motion
Potential energy
Block and tackle
Force
9. Acts on a certain area.
Hydraulic lift
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Sprocket
Force
10. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Force
Gear
Mechanical advantage
Fulcrum
11. A device used to regulate the flow of a liquid in a hydraulic system.
Output work
Valve
Cam & Follower
Universal Joint
12. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Universal Joint
Force
Bevel Gear
Load
13. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Mechanical advantage
Compound pulley
Class 1 lever
Gear Ratio
14. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Driven Gear
Force
Newtons
Gear Ratio
15. A pulley supported by attachment to something that does not move - such as a ceiling - wall - or tree.
Closed system
Ratio
Fixed pulley
Output
16. The energy of motion.
Worm & Wheel
Pulley
Kinect energy
Pascal's law
17. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Pascal's law
Fulcrum
Mechanism
Output work
18. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Class 2 lever
Kinect energy
Hydraulic lift
Oscillate
19. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Reciprocating
Closed system
Inverse
Compound pulley
20. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Class 1 lever
Simple Gear Train
Pascal's law
Reciprocating
21. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Sprocket
Radius
Fulcrum
Ratio
22. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Class 1 lever
Rack & Pinion
Pitch
Energy
23. Measurement for work
Gear Ratio
Output
Pneumatic systems
Joules
24. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Subsystems
Mechanical advantage
Torque
Universal Joint
25. Circular movement.
Rotary Motion
Output work
Potential energy
Sprocket
26. 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
Crown & Pinion
Class 1 lever
Bevel Gear
27. A push or pull on an object.
Input
Force
Mechanical advantage
Gear
28. Opposite in position - direction - order or effect.
Inverse
Torque
Lever
Reciprocating
29. A twisting force.
Pascal's law
Gear Ratio
Crown & Pinion
Torque
30. A joint that allows connected shafts to spin freely while permitting a change in direction.
Gear Ratio
Universal Joint
Reciprocating
Linear Motion
31. A back and forth movement.
Fulcrum
Fixed pulley
Reciprocating
Idler Gear
32. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Pitch
Belt and Pulley
Input
Ergonomics
33. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread.
Worm & Wheel
Compound pulley
Gear
Input
34. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and load.
Class 1 lever
Force
Wheel and axle
Input work
35. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.
Drive Gear
Driven Gear
Force
Ratio
36. A common workplace disorder causing numbness and pain in the thumb and first three finger.
Lead Screw
Speed ratio
Fulcrum
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
37. The ability to do work.
Mechanism
Energy
Newtons
Winch
38. Stored energy
Potential energy
Lever
Lead Screw
Joules
39. The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Output work
Bevel Gear
Subsystems
Block and tackle
40. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Newtons
Compound pulley
Crown & Pinion
Valve
41. The results of the operation of any system.
Crank & Slider
Lever
Output work
Output
42. Work= force x distance
Work
Worm & Wheel
Simple Gear Train
Newtons
43. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Work
Reciprocating
Driven Gear
Lead Screw
44. A machine used for raising or moving liquids.
Worm & Wheel
Universal Joint
Load
Pumps
45. 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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46. 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.
Force
Lever
Kinect energy
Block and tackle
47. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Cam & Follower
Mechanical advantage
Fulcrum
Subsystems
48. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Rack & Pinion
Crank & Slider
Drive Gear
Simple Gear Train
49. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Output work
Ratio
Pneumatic systems
Pitch
50. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Work
Oscillate
Belt and Pulley
Driving gear