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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 455 · 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.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “plan the design”? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design
  2. 2.🏆 A robot scores 25, 19 and 16 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  3. 3.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “read the rules”? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn (c) plan the design (d) build and program
  4. 4.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) winning at any cost (b) copying others (c) learning and fair play (d) hiding mistakes
  5. 5.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “compete and learn”? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn
  7. 7.True or false: to copy another team is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🏆 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 6 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  9. 9.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to grab the robot is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  12. 12.🏆 A team’s robot scores 41, 50 and 56 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  13. 13.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
  14. 14.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) the rules (c) a comic (d) nothing
  15. 15.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🏆 A robot scores 60, 59 and 61 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  17. 17.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 9 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) tester (b) builder (c) note-keeper (d) team captain
  19. 19.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  20. 20.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to fill pages (c) to slow the team (d) to show off
  21. 21.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to copy another team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  22. 22.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) programmer (d) team captain
  23. 23.🏆 A robot scores 26, 24 and 28 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  24. 24.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “read the rules”? (a) build and program (b) read the rules
  25. 25.🏆 A team’s robot scores 64, 52 and 27 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  26. 26.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 4 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  27. 27.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  28. 28.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) programmer (b) tester (c) note-keeper (d) builder
  30. 30.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) programmer
  31. 31.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  32. 32.🏆 A team’s robot scores 89, 39 and 51 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  33. 33.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  34. 34.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) give up at once (b) blame a teammate (c) find the cause, retry (d) break the robot
  36. 36.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) plan the design
  37. 37.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) tester (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) builder
  38. 38.🏆 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?
  39. 39.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  40. 40.🏆 A robot scores 50, 39 and 61 points in three rounds. What is its average score?

Answer key

  1. plan the design
  2. 60
  3. plan the design
  4. learning and fair play
  5. True
  6. build and program
  7. False
  8. 90
  9. False
  10. True
  11. poor teamwork
  12. 56
  13. compete and learn
  14. the rules
  15. True
  16. 60
  17. 125
  18. team captain
  19. good teamwork
  20. to learn what works
  21. poor teamwork
  22. programmer
  23. 26
  24. read the rules
  25. 64
  26. 50
  27. team captain
  28. True
  29. tester
  30. programmer
  31. good teamwork
  32. 89
  33. poor teamwork
  34. True
  35. find the cause, retry
  36. plan the design
  37. note-keeper
  38. 35
  39. 170
  40. 50

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