Principles of Engineering Course Review

The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied to a system.

To transmit motion and power within a pulley system.

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<p>A series of usually metal links or rings connected to transmit motion and power within a sprocket system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An external force applied to an object.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fixed point around which a lever rotates.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circular toothed object used to transfer rotary motion and torque through interlocking teeth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rigid bar used to exert pressure or sustain weight by applying force at a different point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The structure or relationship of the parts in a machine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The turning effect of a force about a point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A wheel with a groove that is used to change the direction or multiply a force exerted by a rope.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any of various elementary mechanisms including levers, wheels, pulleys, inclined planes, wedges, and screws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A condition where there are no net external forces acting upon a body at rest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Creating, designing, and transmitting technical information for easy understanding.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A force that produces or tends to produce rotation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A substance that tapers to a thin edge for splitting or raising heavy bodies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two different sized circular objects that turn as one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A flat surface set at an angle for lifting objects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy derived from sources that do not deplete natural resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The basic unit of electric current.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The net transfer of electric charge per unit of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy caused by the movement of electrons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The flow of electrical power or charge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The production of electricity in conductors using magnets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ratio of useful energy delivered to the energy supplied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fundamental entity transferred in physical change, capacity for doing work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changing one form of energy to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization developing and enforcing environmental laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natural fuels formed from the remains of living organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The use of heat from within the Earth or atmosphere.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The state when objects are not yet in motion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The production of an electric or magnetic state by proximity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An energy source that will never run out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy possessed by a body due to its motion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A resource that cannot be replaced once used.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ohm, symbolized as Ω.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The current in an electric circuit is proportional to the voltage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circuit where the current is divided into multiple paths.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The energy due to the position or nature of matter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes one form of power to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system that links electricity from power stations to consumers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A resource that can be replaced when needed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The opposition a device or material offers to current flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A result of a force moving an object a certain distance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A machine producing power from a fast-moving fluid flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The rate at which work is performed or energy expended.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The rotating member of an electrical machine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circuit where all parts are connected end to end.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The unit of potential difference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The potential difference in an electric circuit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system using pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of energy that travels through space as waves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process in which electric current produces a chemical reaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The amount of energy in a system unavailable for work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law stating that the internal energy of a system remains constant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual fuel cells combined in series.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy in transit due to a temperature difference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The absolute temperature scale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A straight line that best represents data on a scatter plot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Systems that do not use moving parts to collect heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stages a product goes through from concept to withdrawal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The measure of resistance to heat flow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law stating all natural processes proceed in a preferred direction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The measure of thermal energy within a system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A part of the physical world defined by its thermodynamic properties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure of heat transfer through a building component.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law stating if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third, they are in equilibrium with each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The quality of being true, correct, or exact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group technique for solving problems and generating ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A part or element of a larger whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A general agreement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A limit to a design process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tool for systematically ranking alternatives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A change in the design of an item to improve effectiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A systematic strategy used to develop solutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A component of a design brief that describes what a solution should achieve.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A person who creates and plans various projects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Not having fixed limits; unrestricted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sketch that shows an object's height, width, and depth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A clear identification of a problem or need.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The reason for which something is done or exists.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rough drawing representing an object's main features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object.</p> Signup and view all the answers