
Machines (Simple and Compound)

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Science
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3rd - 4th Grade
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Hard
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Rim Halawani
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27 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cassie lives at the top of a hill. Which simple machine is the road to her house most like?
Inclined plane
Screw
Wedge
Pulley
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which object in the picture is an inclined plane?
The ladder
The seesaw
The swing
The slide
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This girl is measuring the force needed to pull the truck up the ramp.
Which is a way to decrease the amount of force needed to pull the truck up the ramp?
shorten the length of ramp
add another book to the pile
increase the length of the ramp
put something heavy in the back of the truck
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-1
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does a long ramp require less force than a short ramp to move a car?
because all inclined planes make work easier
because the work is spread out over a longer distance
because the long ramp is smoother than the short ramp
because a car moves up a long ramp faster than it moves up a short ramp
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Mrs. Iniguez’s class set up an experiment to measure how an inclined plane helps make work easier. The class will fill in this table to show their results.
What is the best prediction of the class’s conclusions?
To move a heavy object, use a lever.
To move a heavy object, do not use a ramp.
To move a heavy object up a ramp, use a long ramp.
To move a heavy object up a ramp, use a short ramp.
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NGSS.MS-PS2-2
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Isaac built a 15-cm ramp. He used a spring scale to measure the force needed to pull a car up the ramp. He then built a 25-cm ramp and repeated the experiment using the longer ramp. What will the results of his experiments most likely be?
It will take no force to pull the car up the 25-cm ramp.
It will take less force to pull the car up the 25-cm ramp.
It will take more force to pull the car up a 25-cm ramp.
It will take the same amount of force to pull the car up both ramps.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In this picture, a woman is pushing a box up a ramp.
What could she do to lessen the amount of force she needs to apply?
use a larger truck
use a shorter ramp
use a wheel-and-axle
use a ramp that is less steep
Tags
NGSS.MS-ETS1-1
NGSS.MS-ETS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-1
NGSS.MS-PS2-2
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