Wheel and Axle Guided Question

What does this image represent?

• A pulley

• A wedge

• A lever

• A wheel and axle

Identify the type of pulley

• fixed

• moveable

• block and tackle or pulley system

Identify the type of pulley

• Fixed

• Moveable

• Block and Tackle or pulley system

A wheel is...

• A circular disc that can turn or roll

• Any shape that can turn, like a triangle

• A flat shape that hovers

• A small, rigid rod that can turn

Which of these are examples of wheels and axles? Tick all the correct answers

• Doorknob

• Ramp

• Well

• Steering wheel

What is mechanical advantage?

• How much force you get out compared to what you put in

• How much further you have to travel using wheels

• Something found in boats

• The difference between wheels and axles

A large wheel takes less force to turn than a small wheel

• True

• False

The distance from the centre of a circle to the outer edge of a circle

• Circumference

• Axle

• Radius

• Work

What is a real life example of a wheel and axle

• a tv remote

• a bicycle

• a shoe

• a phone

What is an axle?

• The tire that fits around a wheel

• The rod around which wheels rotate

• a type of inclined plane

• the rope that is strung through a pulley