CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A
FCTC Written Prep
1. What is a gear or cogwheel A rotating
machine
part with
teeth or
cogs,
which
mesh with
another
toothed
part to
transmit
torque
2. What is torque The ability of a
force to
cause
rotation
around an
axis.
, 3. What are two or more gears working in a sequence A train or a gear calledtrain
4. What can a gear train be considered and why A simple machine
because it
can
produce a
mechanical
advantage
through a
gear ratio
5. What is it called when two or more gears are touching Meshed
6. If the gears are touching, then the adjacent gears Opposite
move in ________ directions
7. When there are an ____ number of meshed gears, then Odd
the last gear will always turn in the same direction as the first gear
8. Gears can change the ______, ______, and _______ of Speed, torque,
9. a power source and direction