6.8E Vocab Flashcard

Front

Two or more simple machines that ease work

Back

Compound machine

Front

A wheel that carries a flexible rope, cord, cable, chain, or belt on its rim.

Back

Pulley

Front

Simple machine with a beam and fulcrum

Back

Lever

Front

Triangular tool, often metal, wood, stone, or plastic

Back

Wedge

Front

Inclined plane around a cylinder

Back

Screw

Front

Energy transfer when an object is moved by an external force

Back

Work

Front

Simple machine with a sloping surface for raising heavy objects.

Back

Ramp

Front

A push or pull that changes an object's motion.

Back

force

Front

A ramp that reduces the force to move objects up and down heights; a simple machine.

Back

inclined planes

Front

Object moved by a machine.

Back

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