Robotics & Engineering
This part of a robot provides movement by converting electrical energy into mechanical motion.
What is a motor?
This term describes how fast an object is moving in a specific direction.
What is velocity?
This type of error causes a program to crash or not run at all.
What is a syntax error?
This simple machine is a wheel with a rod through its center and is common in robots.
What is a wheel and axle?
This is the star at the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
This type of program structure repeats instructions until a condition is met.
What is a loop?
This force resists motion between two surfaces in contact.
What is friction?
This coding concept allows a program to make decisions based on conditions.
What is an if/else statement?
This branch of science studies electricity, magnetism, and circuits.
What is physics?
This planet is known for its prominent ring system.
What is Saturn?
This engineering process involves planning, building, testing, and improving a design.
What is the engineering design process?
When a vehicle speeds up or slows down, it is experiencing this.
What is acceleration?
This is a set of instructions a computer follows to solve a problem.
What is an algorithm?
This gas is essential for combustion and is required for many chemical reactions.
What is oxygen?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This device allows a robot to detect how far away an object is using sound waves.
What is an ultrasonic sensor?
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
This form of energy powers most robots through batteries.
What is electrical energy?
This tool is used to measure electrical current in a circuit.
What is an ammeter?
This rocky planet is often called Earth’s “sister planet” because of its size.
What is Venus?
This component acts as the “brain” of a robot, controlling sensors and motors.
What is a microcontroller?
This form of energy is stored in a stretched spring or compressed rubber band.
What is potential energy?
This unit measures how quickly a computer processes instructions.
What is hertz?
This type of robot operates without human control by following pre-programmed instructions.
What is an autonomous robot?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is Gravity?