Simple Machines: Gears – Flashcards
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Lycurgus
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- 8th Century Spartan Law-giver.- Allegedly established the modern Spartan constitution.
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gear train
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two or more gears meshed together
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compound machine
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two or more simple machines working together to perform one task
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driver
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gear on which the force is applied
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gears
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toothed wheels and axles
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idlers
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gears between the driver and the driven gear
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___function in a similar way to a belt system or pulley system
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gears
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the number of teeth on the gear will determine the number of___it takes to turn the other gear
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rotations
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gears are used to transfer___from one shaft to another to change the direction of___and___
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power, rotation, speed
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gear wheel combinations of different diameters are used to___or___speed
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increase, decrease
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the gear is a___ ___with elements of the lever in both the tooth-to-tooth interaction between the gear teeth and the transmission of power from one wheel to another as in a wheel and
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compound machine
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what is an object that doesn't use gears
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swing
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what is a gear a combination of
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wheel and axle and levers
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if the first gear has 40 teeth, and the second gear has 10 teeth, what is the ration
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4/1
