6 Simple Machines
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Machines are used all around us every day, they help to make work easier and reduce the amount of people needed to get a job done. When handling a machine one should take care not to harm themselves. Can you identify which simple machines are appropriate for the jobs below? All the best!
Questions and Answers
- 1.A sloping surface that alters the force required to move the load in a perpendicular direction.
- A.
Wedge
- B.
Inclined Plane
- C.
Wheel and Axle
- D.
Pulley
- E.
Screw
- 2.This machine converts motion in one direction into a splitting motion acting at right angles.
- A.
Screw
- B.
Lever
- C.
Wedge
- D.
Pulley
- E.
Wheel and Axle
- 3.An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.
- A.
Inclined Plane
- B.
Screw
- C.
Wedge
- D.
Pulley
- E.
Rack and Pinion
- 4.An arm that pivots on a point called a fulcrum.
- A.
Lever
- B.
Screw
- C.
Pulley
- D.
Inclined Plane
- E.
Bevel Gear
- 5.A rotating lever that moves around the fulcrum.
- A.
Pulley
- B.
Lever
- C.
Screw
- D.
Wheel and Axle
- E.
Wedge
- 6.When a rope or cable is wrapped over a grooved wheel it is called a:
- A.
Lever
- B.
Wheel and Axle
- C.
Pulley
- D.
Machine
- E.
Screw
- 7.Lifting a wheelbarrow best illustrates the use of which simple machine?
- A.
Lever
- B.
Wedge
- C.
Pulley
- D.
Screw
- 8.The use of a door stop best illustrates the use of which simple machine?
- A.
Lever
- B.
Screw
- C.
Wheel and Axle
- D.
Wedge
- 9.The ramp on a moving truck best illustrates which type of simple machine?
- A.
Lever
- B.
Inclined Plane
- C.
Screw
- D.
Pulley
- 10.A rope wrapped over a grooved wheel to pull a bucket of water from a well best illustrates which simple machine?
- A.
Wheel and Axle
- B.
Screw
- C.
Wedge
- D.
Pulley
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