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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. Circular movement.
Rotary Motion
Worm & Wheel
Class 1 lever
Radius
2. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Work
Gear Ratio
Belt and Pulley
Input work
3. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Driven Gear
Rack & Pinion
Idler Gear
Joules
4. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Winch
Rack & Pinion
Gear
Force
5. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Sprocket
Inverse
Belt and Pulley
Lever
6. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Ratio
Transmission
Reciprocating
Belt and Pulley
7. A joint that allows connected shafts to spin freely while permitting a change in direction.
Rack & Pinion
Pitch
Universal Joint
Potential energy
8. Stored energy
Potential energy
Compound pulley
Fixed pulley
Efficiency
9. 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.
Speed ratio
Efficiency
Block and tackle
Pumps
10. The energy of motion.
Joules
Kinect energy
Pneumatic systems
Force
11. The weight of an object that is is moved or lifted by a machine - or resistance to movement that a machine must overcome
Reciprocating
Block and tackle
Load
Lever
12. A mechanical system that uses a liquid under pressure in a close system to raise heavy objects.
Load
Inverse
Pumps
Hydraulic lift
13. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Lead Screw
Pumps
Belt and Pulley
Driving gear
14. A back and forth movement.
Worm & Wheel
Gear
Reciprocating
Fixed pulley
15. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Lead Screw
Work
Potential energy
Driving gear
16. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Driven Gear
Transmission
Simple Gear Train
Input work
17. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Subsystems
Mechanical advantage
Ergonomics
Linear Motion
18. A pear- shaped disk with an off- center pivot point - used to change rotating motion into reciprocating motion.
Cam & Follower
Oscillate
Lead Screw
Gear
19. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Pumps
Lead Screw
Driven Gear
Class 3 lever
20. A machine consisting of a small cylinder - a crank or handle - on a cable. Winch can be used to lift or pull things
Winch
Lead Screw
Rack & Pinion
Work
21. 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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22. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Gear Ratio
Crank & Slider
Ergonomics
Pneumatic systems
23. The point of the lever that does not move.
Driving gear
Fixed pulley
Torque
Fulcrum
24. 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
Linear Motion
Work
Radius
25. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Bevel Gear
Driven Gear
Cam & Follower
Belt and Pulley
26. A machine used for raising or moving liquids.
Driven Gear
Transmission
Simple Gear Train
Pumps
27. Movement in a straight line.
Linear Motion
Cam & Follower
Compound pulley
Closed system
28. Work= force x distance
Efficiency
Idler Gear
Input work
Work
29. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Mechanical advantage
Rotary Motion
Work
Rack & Pinion
30. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Compound pulley
Driven Gear
Driven Gear
Drive Gear
31. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes reciprocating motion into rotary motion.
Crank & Slider
Pumps
Sprocket
Mechanism
32. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Output
Speed ratio
Crown & Pinion
Wheel and axle
33. The force acting perpendicular to a certain surface area.
Pressure
Newtons
Fixed pulley
Speed ratio
34. The ability to do work.
Force
Class 2 lever
Driven Gear
Energy
35. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread.
Ergonomics
Cam & Follower
Worm & Wheel
Inverse
36. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Subsystems
Joules
Linear Motion
Pitch
37. A twisting force.
Driven Gear
Output
Oscillate
Torque
38. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Mechanism
Torque
Pulley
Work
39. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Force
Class 3 lever
Hydraulic lift
Idler Gear
40. 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
Lever
Class 1 lever
Closed system
41. A rotating wheel- like device with teeth around the rim.
Force
Gear
Wheel and axle
Kinect energy
42. Acts on a certain area.
Class 3 lever
Driving gear
Work
Force
43. A way to measure stuff.
Newtons
Potential energy
Output
Input
44. The distance in a strait line from the center of a circle to the circle circumference
Closed system
Radius
Oscillate
Wheel and axle
45. A combination of fixed and movable pulleys - may be used to list very heavy or awkward loads.
Block and tackle
Ratio
Potential energy
Force
46. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Force
Gear
Class 2 lever
Crown & Pinion
47. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Valve
Ratio
Wheel and axle
Gear
48. Measurement for work
Gear Ratio
Joules
Gear
Newtons
49. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result.
Potential energy
Input
Pressure
Crank & Slider
50. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Potential energy
Speed ratio
Oscillate
Ratio