Gears, Gear Trains, and Mechanical Advantage

A set of flashcards focusing on the concepts of gears, gear trains, and mechanical advantage.

Gears are circular disks that have notches in them known as __.

teeth

A gear train is a mechanism that is made up of __ gears.

two or more

Mechanical Advantage is defined as the advantage gained by the use of a mechanism in __.

transmitting force

The __ gear is the gear which is connected to the input force, such as a motor.

Driving

The gear which is connected to the output, such as the wheel, is called the __ gear.

Driven

__ is a measure of the force that can cause an object to rotate about an axis.

Torque

When two gears of the same size are used in a gear train, it __ the direction of rotation.

reverses

When a big gear drives a smaller gear, it results in __ speed and decreased torque.

increased

A small gear driving a bigger gear results in increased __ and decreased speed.

torque

Gear trains allow us to change our __ depending on the scenario.

mechanical advantage