Simple Machines Introduction

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Simple machines are

• basic mechanical devices for applying a force and doing work.
• a type of food.
• are useless devices used to make cheese.

Name the 6 types of simple machines.

• Lever
• Wheel and axel.
• Inclined Plane.
• Pulley.
• Wedge.

What simple machine works by moving objects across distance?

• screw.
• wheel and axel.
• lever.

One example of a wheel and axel machine is a

• bird house.
• skateboard.
• shoe.

A flat surface that is inclined to move objects is called an

• inclined plane.
• orange plane.
• axel plane.

One example of an inclined plane is a

• pencil.
• a playground slide.
• a song.

A wedge is a

• portable triangular shaped tool.
• wheel with a rod attached in the middle.
• a type of potato chip.

One example of a wedge is

• a plane.
• an axe blade.
• a shoe.

A screw has a

• long thin metal shaft with spirals along its length.
• wheel used to move across distance.
• an inclined plane.