Simple Machines

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Identify this simple machine: Lever, Wheel & Axle, Inclined Plane, Screw

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Wheel & Axle

Front

Two examples of a pulley: knife & axe blade, lightbulb & screw, flagpole hoist & window blinds, catapult & teeter totter

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flagpole hoist & window blinds

Front

What does a simple machine do?

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Allows the users to apply less force over a longer distance, reduce the amount of force needed to do work, change the direction of the applied force.

Front

What do you call a machine made up of two or more simple machines?

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compound or complex machine

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An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine: lever, pulley, screw, wedge

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screw

Front

An axe is an example of a: pulley, inclined plane, screw, wedge

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wedge

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A seesaw is an example of a: wedge, lever, inclined plane, pulley

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lever

Front

Which is not a type of simple machine? Options: spring, screw, pulley, wedge

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spring

Front

What type of simple machine is this? Options: wheel and axle, gear, lever, inclined plane

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wheel and axle

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The transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move is known as

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work