Is the term that describes the amount that a machine multiplies an input force to move a load
What is mechanical advantage?
100
this invention lead to the creation of trains which made it possible to transport people and vast amounts of resources across Europe and North America in shorter periods of time
What is the steam engine?
100
Is the unit of measurement for force
What is the Newton?
100
Parallel gears only have this type of advantage, simply because the number of teeth are the same for both gears
What is a directional advantage?
100
Is Mr. Head's favorite number. It can also be calculated with this equation. (-6 x -3) + 6 - 4
What is the number 20?
200
When their is a mechanical advantage of a machine, this factor is usually compromised or given up in some way
What is distance?
200
Is a smaller group of parts within a complex machine that performs a specific function. May consist of a simple machine.
What is a sub-system?
200
Is a synonym for output force
What is a load or resistance?
200
Made of two or more gears in succesion
What is a gear train?
200
He is currently the UFC Welterweight Champion. He also has a title fight this weekend versus Jake Shields.
Who is Georges "Rush" St-Pierre?
300
A measure of how the distance of the object is affected by a machine
What is speed ratio?
300
is a device that came into use in July of 2000. This surgical device decreased the size of incisions and allowed doctors to repair much smaller tissues and organs with greater precison and less chance of fatigue
What is the "Da Vinci" Robotic Arm?
300
Is the unit of measurement for work. Also known as the Newton-meter.
What is the Joule?
300
The driving gear is smaller/has less teeth than the follower or driven gear. Gear train that has a force advantage.
What is a reducing gear?
300
Is the nickname given to Manchester United FC... is also Mr. Head's favorite futbol team
Who are the Red Devils?
400
Is the ability to do work
What is energy?
400
was a nickname given to the large, front wheel drive bicycles invented in the 1870's by James Starley
What was the penny-farthing or boneshaker?
400
This principle of physics states that energy is not created or destroyed, but can only be transformed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
400
Is two or more gears connected by a chain
What is a sprocket?
400
Is a character featured in Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and the various Disney feature films with a similar name. This interesting feline's mouth is often confused with a crescent moon. He is also Mr. Head's favorite cartoon character
Who is the Cheshire Cat?
500
Is done when a force acts on an object to make the object move
What is work?
500
He was a cartoonist in the 1930's and 40's who drew depictions of complicated useless compound machines
Who is Rube Goldberg?
500
Is the amount of work done in a set period of time
What is power?
500
Is a special name given to smaller, follower gears in a gear train
What is a pinion?
500
Is the name of the West Coast Native American tribe that Jacob Black, from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Series, belongs to. DO NOT WRITE " THE WEREWOLF TRIBE"