Simple Machine

Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?

• a boy runs across a football field

• a banker counts money

• a mother puchses a stroller up a ramp into a building

• a girl eats a sandwich

The wheel and rope make up which simple machine?

• pulley

• lever

• wheel and axle

• inclined plane

What simple machine can be used to split things apart and also it can hold open a door?

• Lever

• Pulley

• Wedge

• Screw

This picture is an example of a _________.

• pulley

• wedge

• wheel and axle

• screw

What kind of work is made easier by the wheels of this object?

• pushing a heavy load

• lifting a heavy load

• dividing a heavy load

• holding a small load

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Name this simple machine. 

• Inclined Plane

• Lever

• Pulley

• Wedge

The device used to raise a flag up a flag pole is an example of a

• wheel and axle

• lever

• inclined plane

• pulley

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What simple machine holds things together?

• Wedge

• Screw

• Lever

• Pulley

What is anything that makes work easier called?

• screw

• wedge

• force

• machine

Which is not a type of simple machine?

• spring

• screw

• pulley

• wedge