Tech I - Ch 15 & 16 - Vocab
- 1. A device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy
A) generator
B) Battery
C) circuit
D) current
- 2. In electricity, the pathway through which electrons travel
A) generator
B) transistor
C) current
D) circuit
- 3. The flow of electrons in a wire or other conductor.
A) transistor
B) current
C) circuit
D) generator
- 4. Tghe flow of electrons from atom to atom along a conducting pathway.
A) transistor
B) electricity
C) circuit
D) current
- 5. The relationship between electricity and magnetism.
A) circuit
B) transistor
C) electromagnetism
D) resistance
- 6. A device that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy. A generator uses electromagnetic induction to force electrons from their atoms.
A) current
B) generator
C) battery
D) transistor
- 7. When voltage is applied to a conductor, the current that moves through the conductor is directly proportional to the applied voltage.
A) potential difference
B) Ohm's Law
C) battery
D) electromagnetism
- 8. The force that causes electrons to flow.
A) Ohm's Law
B) resistance
C) electricity
D) Potential difference
- 9. The opposition to the flow of electrons.
A) resistance
B) generator
C) potential difference
D) Ohm's Law
- 10. A semiconductor device that amplifies electronic signals and acts as an electronic switch.
A) electromagnetism
B) transistor
C) generator
D) resistance
- 11. A process that combines computer aided drawings and computer aided manufacturing. Output from the computer used to design a product is used to operate the machines that manufacture it.
A) IBM
B) PT2
C) USB
D) CAD/CAM
- 12. Software that can test a product design by simulating the environment in which the product must be able to work.
A) specifications
B) smart materials
C) standard
D) simulation software
- 13. The letter-number combinations that locate points. The letters identify imaginary lines running through an object.
A) resistance
B) computer aided manufacturing
C) computer aided drawings
D) Cartesian coordinates
- 14. A system that allows the manufacturer to make a variety of design using the same machine.
A) USB
B) RAM
C) OLM
D) FMS
- 15. A control system that uses computers to control the operation of machines during production.
A) PT2
B) CNC
C) CAD
D) FMS
- 16. A process that uses computer aided manufacturing to sesign a product to operate a machine that manufactures it.
A) CAM
B) CNC
C) RMS
D) CAD
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