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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 196 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (Rules, roles, retries): Score = items × points each + bonus − penalties. Best round = the highest score; average = total ÷ number of rounds. Roles: builder, programmer, tester, team captain, note-keeper. Play fair and learn from every run.

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  1. 1.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) find the cause, retry (b) blame a teammate (c) give up at once (d) break the robot
  2. 2.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  3. 3.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  4. 4.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  5. 5.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) plan the design (c) test and improve (d) read the rules
  6. 6.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  7. 7.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) plan the design (d) read the rules
  8. 8.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 5 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  9. 9.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) builder (b) tester (c) programmer (d) team captain
  10. 10.🏆 A team’s robot scores 86, 44 and 91 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  11. 11.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  12. 12.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏆 A team’s robot scores 55, 82 and 25 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  14. 14.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 4 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  15. 15.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) programmer (d) tester
  16. 16.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  17. 17.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) hiding mistakes (c) winning at any cost (d) copying others
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) tester (b) builder (c) note-keeper (d) programmer
  19. 19.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) read the rules (b) build and program (c) compete and learn (d) plan the design
  20. 20.🏆 A robot scores 32, 48 and 52 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  21. 21.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) compete and learn
  22. 22.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn (c) build and program (d) test and improve
  23. 23.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 5 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  24. 24.True or false: to do all the work alone is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  26. 26.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn
  27. 27.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 4 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  28. 28.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) builder (b) team captain (c) programmer (d) note-keeper
  30. 30.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 8 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  31. 31.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) a comic (c) nothing (d) the rules
  32. 32.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏆 A robot scores 14, 47 and 11 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to slow the team (b) to show off (c) to fill pages (d) to learn what works
  37. 37.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  39. 39.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 9 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  40. 40.🏆 A robot scores 40, 47 and 54 points in three rounds. What is its average score?

Answer key

  1. find the cause, retry
  2. good teamwork
  3. good teamwork
  4. 170
  5. read the rules
  6. tester
  7. compete and learn
  8. 35
  9. programmer
  10. 91
  11. poor teamwork
  12. True
  13. 82
  14. 40
  15. tester
  16. 170
  17. learning and fair play
  18. builder
  19. compete and learn
  20. 132
  21. test and improve
  22. build and program
  23. 55
  24. False
  25. good teamwork
  26. test and improve
  27. 70
  28. False
  29. programmer
  30. 90
  31. the rules
  32. False
  33. False
  34. 72
  35. False
  36. to learn what works
  37. True
  38. good teamwork
  39. 80
  40. 47

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