Simple Machines

Identify this simple machine

• Lever
• Wheel & Axle
• Inclined Plane
• Screw

What type of simple machine is this?

• wheel and axle
• gear
• lever
• inclined plane

Name this simple machine.

• Lever

• Wedge

• Pulley

• Inclined Plane

How does a pulley make work easier? 

• It changes the direction of the input force.

• It changes the distance over which the input force is applied.

• It changes the amount of the input force applied 

• It changes direction and increases the effect of your input force

This picture is an example of a _________.

• pulley
• wedge
• wheel and axle
• screw

A wheelchair ramp would be an example of which type of simple machine?

• Inclined plane

• Wedge

• Pulley

• Wheel and axle

A crane would be an example of which type of simple machine?

• Wedge

• Wheel and axle

• Pulley

• Lever

A door stop would be an example of which type of simple machine?

• Wedge

• Inclined plane

• Wheel and axle

• Lever

A teeter-totter would be an example of which type of simple machine?

• Inclined plane

• Wedge

• Pulley

• Lever

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A hammer would be an example of which type of simple machine?

• Inclined plane

• Pulley

• Wheel and axle

• Lever