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Design and Technology Quiz - Moving Parts (Questions)

In KS2 D and T children are taught about the moving parts in machines. This is a broad topic covering pneumatic, linkage, cam and pulley systems, as well as more simple moving parts - for example, a slider in a children's book

Moving parts are those parts in a machine that are not fixed, and they can seem to make products come alive. There are different systems which make parts move - diggers can use pneumatic or hydraulic systems, a pulley is used to lift heavy weights, and cams can change a circular motion into an up and down one. Machines comprise both moving and fixed parts. There are many moving parts in a car which enable us to drive it.

Test yourself on pneumatic, linkage, cam and pulley systems. Can you get all 10 questions right?

1. What does a pneumatic system use to make it move?
[ ] Air
[ ] Water
[ ] Gears
[ ] Pulleys
2. Which of these items does NOT use air to work?
[ ] Foot pump
[ ] Whistle
[ ] Scissors
[ ] Inflatable swimming aid
3. Which parts are used in a pneumatic system?
[ ] Syringe, card and balloon
[ ] Balloon, tube and card
[ ] Tube, card and lever
[ ] Syringe, tube and balloon
4. Which of these is NOT a method of moving parts in books?
[ ] Sliding
[ ] Pop up
[ ] Levers
[ ] Motor
5. Which list describes the parts of a linkage system?
[ ] Levers and cams
[ ] Cams and pivots
[ ] Levers and pivots
[ ] Gears and pivots
6. What joins the levers together in a linkage system?
[ ] Pivots
[ ] Cams
[ ] Pulleys
[ ] Gears
7. What affects the type of movement of a cam follower in a cam system?
[ ] The size of the cam
[ ] How fast the cam is turned
[ ] The shape of the cam
[ ] The length of the cam follower
8. What is the part called that goes through the cam?
[ ] Follower
[ ] Axle
[ ] Lever
[ ] Pivot
9. Which item does NOT use gears?
[ ] Clock
[ ] Oven
[ ] Bicycle
[ ] Car
10. Which everyday item makes a good pulley?
[ ] Pencil
[ ] Ruler
[ ] Rubber band
[ ] Glue

 

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Design and Technology Quiz - Moving Parts (Answers)
1. What does a pneumatic system use to make it move?
[x] Air
[ ] Water
[ ] Gears
[ ] Pulleys
Pneumatic means powered by air. Hydraulic means powered by liquid
2. Which of these items does NOT use air to work?
[ ] Foot pump
[ ] Whistle
[x] Scissors
[ ] Inflatable swimming aid
Scissors use a lever system
3. Which parts are used in a pneumatic system?
[ ] Syringe, card and balloon
[ ] Balloon, tube and card
[ ] Tube, card and lever
[x] Syringe, tube and balloon
Air passes between the syringe and the balloon through the tube
4. Which of these is NOT a method of moving parts in books?
[ ] Sliding
[ ] Pop up
[ ] Levers
[x] Motor
Motors are used in more complicated designs
5. Which list describes the parts of a linkage system?
[ ] Levers and cams
[ ] Cams and pivots
[x] Levers and pivots
[ ] Gears and pivots
A lever generates more force the further away from the pivot its end is
6. What joins the levers together in a linkage system?
[x] Pivots
[ ] Cams
[ ] Pulleys
[ ] Gears
Pivots can move or keep still
7. What affects the type of movement of a cam follower in a cam system?
[ ] The size of the cam
[ ] How fast the cam is turned
[x] The shape of the cam
[ ] The length of the cam follower
Parts of the cam that stick out more make the cam followers move further
8. What is the part called that goes through the cam?
[ ] Follower
[x] Axle
[ ] Lever
[ ] Pivot
The axle is attached to a handle which makes the axle and cam turn
9. Which item does NOT use gears?
[ ] Clock
[x] Oven
[ ] Bicycle
[ ] Car
Ovens generate heat rather than movement
10. Which everyday item makes a good pulley?
[ ] Pencil
[ ] Ruler
[x] Rubber band
[ ] Glue
Most pulleys use ropes