Simple Machine and Work Vocabulary Practice

Inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder

• lever

• pulley

• screw

• wheel & axle

Two inclined planes placed back-to-back

• pulley

• wedge

• lever

• wheel & axle

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sloping surface that reduces the amount of force required to do work

• inclined plane

• wedge

• pulley

• screw

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Circular component that rotates on a rod in the center

• pulley

• wedge

• screw

• wheel & axle

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Rigid arm that turns around a fixed point called a fulcrum

• lever

• screw

• pulley

• wheel & axle

Grooved wheel with a rope, simple chain, or cable running along a groove

• wheel & axle

• inclined plane

• pulley

• lever

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Transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move

• efficiency

• machine

• work

• mechanical advantage

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Device that makes doing work easier

• simple machine

• compound machine

• machine

• work

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Uses a combination of 2 or more simple machines

• machine

• compound machine

• simple machine

• mechanical advantage

The ratio of output work to input

• mechanical advantage

• work

• machine

• efficiency