Levers
Other Simple Machines
Work
Calculations
Catch all
100
Fixed point around which a lever rotates
What is a fulcrum
100
A wheel with a rope around it
What is a pulley
100
What happens when an object changes position
What is work
100
Amount of work that is done if a student pushes a bike 30 meters and uses 3 newtons
What is 90 joules
100
A bar that turns around a fulcrum
What is a lever
200
The force applied to a lever
What is the effort force
200
A ramp
What is an inclined plane
200
Formula for measuring work
What is force x distance
200
How much work is done when a mountain climber who weighs 800 newtons scales a 100 meter cliff.
What is 80,000 joules
200
A tool with few parts
What is simple machine
300
Lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort force and the resistance force
What is a 1st class lever
300
An inclined plane that moves
What is a wedge
300
Formula for finding force
What is Work divided by distance
300
Pushing a wagon requires a force of 200 newtons. If 4,000 joules of work is performed, how far has the wagon moved.
What is 20 meters
300
A broom is an example of this
What is 3rd class lever
400
Lever in which the resistance force is between the effort force and the fulcrum
What is a 2nd class lever
400
A wheel attached to a shaft
What is a wheel and axle
400
A newton-meter
What is a joule
400
MA of a ramp that is 3 meters long and 1 meter high
What is 3
400
Increases the MA of a screw
What is the distance between the threads
500
in a 3rd class lever, this is between the effort force and the fulcrum
What is the resistance force
500
Inclined plane wrapped around a piece a metal
What is a screw
500
What force is measured by in the metric system
What is newtons
500
MA of a movable pulley that has two ropes that pull upward.
What is 2
500
Three ways that simple machines make doing work easier.
What is by changing the direction of the force, changing the size of the force, or by changing the distance that the object is moved
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