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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 693 · 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) give up at once (b) break the robot (c) blame a teammate (d) find the cause, retry
  2. 2.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  3. 3.True or false: to copy another team is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the rules (c) the menu (d) a comic
  5. 5.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to copy another team? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  6. 6.🏆 A robot scores 16, 55 and 28 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  7. 7.🏆 A robot scores 18, 38 and 28 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  8. 8.True or false: to do all the work alone is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏆 A robot scores 31, 23 and 39 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  10. 10.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “read the rules”? (a) test and improve (b) plan the design (c) compete and learn (d) build and program
  11. 11.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) programmer (b) builder (c) team captain (d) note-keeper
  12. 12.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) tester (b) team captain (c) programmer (d) builder
  13. 13.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “read the rules”? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn
  14. 14.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) test and improve
  15. 15.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 7 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  16. 16.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to slow the team (c) to fill pages (d) to show off
  17. 17.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  19. 19.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 25 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  20. 20.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “test and improve”? (a) read the rules (b) test and improve
  21. 21.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  23. 23.🏆 A robot scores 30, 31 and 20 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  24. 24.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  25. 25.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) note-keeper (b) programmer (c) builder (d) team captain
  26. 26.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) team captain
  27. 27.🏆 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?
  28. 28.🏆 A robot scores 36, 33 and 39 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  29. 29.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) note-keeper (b) programmer (c) team captain (d) tester
  31. 31.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  32. 32.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  33. 33.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) read the rules (d) plan the design
  34. 34.🏆 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 4 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  35. 35.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) tester
  36. 36.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) hiding mistakes (c) winning at any cost (d) copying others
  38. 38.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) builder (b) team captain (c) programmer (d) tester
  39. 39.🏆 A team’s robot scores 82, 36 and 51 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  40. 40.🏆 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?

Answer key

  1. find the cause, retry
  2. tester
  3. False
  4. the rules
  5. poor teamwork
  6. 99
  7. 28
  8. True
  9. 31
  10. plan the design
  11. programmer
  12. builder
  13. read the rules
  14. test and improve
  15. 190
  16. to learn what works
  17. 40
  18. 300
  19. 90
  20. read the rules
  21. True
  22. 65
  23. 81
  24. 40
  25. note-keeper
  26. team captain
  27. 100
  28. 36
  29. True
  30. note-keeper
  31. good teamwork
  32. good teamwork
  33. compete and learn
  34. 60
  35. tester
  36. True
  37. learning and fair play
  38. team captain
  39. 82
  40. 160

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