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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 545 · 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.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) a comic (b) nothing (c) the menu (d) the rules
  2. 2.🏆 A team’s robot scores 43, 83 and 52 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  3. 3.True or false: to do all the work alone is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “build and program”? (a) read the rules (b) build and program
  6. 6.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) builder (b) team captain (c) programmer (d) note-keeper
  7. 7.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) winning at any cost (b) hiding mistakes (c) copying others (d) learning and fair play
  8. 8.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to learn what works (c) to fill pages (d) to slow the team
  9. 9.🏆 A robot scores 47, 40 and 54 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  10. 10.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  11. 11.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  13. 13.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) find the cause, retry (c) break the robot (d) give up at once
  14. 14.🏆 A robot scores 52, 30 and 56 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  15. 15.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  16. 16.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) programmer (d) team captain
  17. 17.🏆 A robot scores 37, 26 and 20 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) tester (b) builder (c) programmer (d) note-keeper
  19. 19.🏆 A robot scores 20, 18 and 22 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  20. 20.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “read the rules”? (a) plan the design (b) read the rules
  21. 21.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  22. 22.🏆 A robot scores 27, 22 and 32 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  23. 23.🏆 A robot scores 31, 27 and 35 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  24. 24.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) builder (b) tester (c) programmer (d) note-keeper
  25. 25.True or false: to grab the robot is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏆 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 8 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
  27. 27.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 6 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) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 8 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  30. 30.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🏆 A robot scores 41, 11 and 36 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  33. 33.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 4 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  34. 34.🏆 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?
  35. 35.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  36. 36.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) compete and learn (b) build and program (c) read the rules (d) plan the design
  37. 37.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) programmer (b) builder (c) note-keeper (d) tester
  38. 38.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) build and program
  39. 39.True or false: to help a stuck team is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) note-keeper (b) builder (c) programmer (d) tester

Answer key

  1. the rules
  2. 83
  3. False
  4. False
  5. read the rules
  6. team captain
  7. learning and fair play
  8. to learn what works
  9. 47
  10. note-keeper
  11. True
  12. good teamwork
  13. find the cause, retry
  14. 138
  15. poor teamwork
  16. tester
  17. 83
  18. programmer
  19. 20
  20. read the rules
  21. poor teamwork
  22. 27
  23. 31
  24. tester
  25. True
  26. 70
  27. 100
  28. False
  29. 145
  30. True
  31. True
  32. 88
  33. 100
  34. 90
  35. 70
  36. compete and learn
  37. builder
  38. read the rules
  39. True
  40. note-keeper

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