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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 72 · 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, what comes right after “read the rules”? (a) compete and learn (b) test and improve (c) build and program (d) plan the design
  2. 2.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  3. 3.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) tester (d) note-keeper
  5. 5.🏆 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 9 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  6. 6.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules (c) compete and learn (d) plan the design
  7. 7.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) plan the design (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
  10. 10.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 9 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  11. 11.🏆 A robot scores 23, 48 and 23 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  12. 12.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 7 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  13. 13.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to slow the team (c) to fill pages (d) to learn what works
  14. 14.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) note-keeper (b) builder (c) team captain (d) programmer
  15. 15.🏆 A robot scores 30, 23 and 37 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  16. 16.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) tester (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) programmer
  17. 17.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) read the rules (b) test and improve (c) compete and learn (d) plan the design
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  19. 19.🏆 A robot scores 43, 65 and 54 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  20. 20.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  21. 21.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  22. 22.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  23. 23.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  24. 24.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) give up at once (b) break the robot (c) find the cause, retry (d) blame a teammate
  25. 25.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) team captain (b) tester (c) builder (d) programmer
  26. 26.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the menu (c) a comic (d) the rules
  27. 27.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “compete and learn”? (a) compete and learn (b) build and program
  28. 28.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) builder
  29. 29.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  30. 30.🏆 A team’s robot scores 30, 87 and 78 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  31. 31.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 9 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  32. 32.🏆 A team’s robot scores 25, 82 and 97 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  33. 33.🏆 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 2 times. What is the score?
  34. 34.🏆 A robot scores 8, 20 and 32 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  35. 35.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) hiding mistakes (b) winning at any cost (c) copying others (d) learning and fair play
  36. 36.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) team captain (b) tester (c) programmer (d) note-keeper
  37. 37.🏆 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 10 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  38. 38.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) plan the design (b) compete and learn (c) build and program (d) read the rules
  39. 39.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to help a stuck team is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. plan the design
  2. good teamwork
  3. False
  4. builder
  5. 165
  6. compete and learn
  7. False
  8. False
  9. read the rules
  10. 110
  11. 94
  12. 150
  13. to learn what works
  14. builder
  15. 30
  16. note-keeper
  17. test and improve
  18. 180
  19. 54
  20. good teamwork
  21. poor teamwork
  22. good teamwork
  23. poor teamwork
  24. find the cause, retry
  25. team captain
  26. the rules
  27. build and program
  28. programmer
  29. good teamwork
  30. 87
  31. 190
  32. 97
  33. 100
  34. 20
  35. learning and fair play
  36. tester
  37. 235
  38. compete and learn
  39. True
  40. True

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