Simple Machine Systems

If you use a crowbar to get the lid off of a bucket, what simple machine are you using?

• Inclined Plane
• Pulley
• Wheel and Axle
• Lever

Flagpole

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Stairs

• wedge
• pulley
• inclined plane
• wheel and axle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Lightbulb

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• screw

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A wheel with a rope or belt around it. Helps a person lift or move something up, down, or across an area. 

• screw
• pulley
• lever
• screw

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Often used to hold things together. 

• inclined plane
• screw
• pulley
• wedge

This device

• wedge
• lever
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

This device

• wedge
• lever
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Bicycle

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?

• ladder
• stairs
• wall
• driveway