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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 258 · 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.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) team captain (b) tester (c) builder (d) note-keeper
  2. 2.🏆 A robot scores 22, 60 and 16 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  3. 3.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “read the rules”? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules
  4. 4.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) plan the design
  5. 5.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) break the robot (b) give up at once (c) blame a teammate (d) find the cause, retry
  6. 6.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  7. 7.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) tester (d) team captain
  8. 8.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) build and program (b) plan the design (c) compete and learn (d) read the rules
  10. 10.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) compete and learn
  11. 11.🏆 A team’s robot scores 27, 22 and 69 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  12. 12.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the rules (c) a comic (d) the menu
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  16. 16.True or false: to grab the robot is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) copying others (b) winning at any cost (c) learning and fair play (d) hiding mistakes
  18. 18.🏆 A robot scores 12, 11 and 51 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  19. 19.🔢 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) test and improve
  20. 20.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) team captain (d) programmer
  21. 21.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) tester (b) team captain (c) builder (d) programmer
  22. 22.True or false: to help a stuck team is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏆 A team’s robot scores 54, 21 and 51 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  24. 24.🏆 A team’s robot scores 20, 34 and 67 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  25. 25.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) tester (b) programmer (c) team captain (d) builder
  26. 26.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 10 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  27. 27.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  28. 28.🏆 A robot scores 60, 22 and 56 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  29. 29.🏆 A team’s robot scores 85, 63 and 76 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  30. 30.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  31. 31.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  32. 32.🏆 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 7 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  33. 33.🏆 A team’s robot scores 82, 49 and 65 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  34. 34.True or false: to ignore the rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to fill pages (c) to show off (d) to slow the team
  36. 36.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  38. 38.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?

Answer key

  1. tester
  2. 98
  3. read the rules
  4. plan the design
  5. find the cause, retry
  6. 160
  7. team captain
  8. True
  9. compete and learn
  10. read the rules
  11. 69
  12. the rules
  13. False
  14. False
  15. poor teamwork
  16. True
  17. learning and fair play
  18. 74
  19. compete and learn
  20. tester
  21. team captain
  22. False
  23. 54
  24. 67
  25. builder
  26. 180
  27. good teamwork
  28. 138
  29. 85
  30. good teamwork
  31. poor teamwork
  32. 50
  33. 82
  34. True
  35. to learn what works
  36. True
  37. poor teamwork
  38. True
  39. False
  40. 70

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