Terms
Levers
Which class of lever?
Equations and other important things
Last category, but still very important
100
Basic mechanical devices that reduce effort
What are simple machines
100
The point at which a lever pivots or rotates
What is a fulcrum
100
Scissors
What is first class lever
100
Work equals
What is force x displacement or W=FD
100
Knives, axes, and door stops are all examples of these
What are wedges
200
This simple machine consists of a wheel with notches or teeth around its circumference
What is a gear
200
These are the three parts necessary to make a lever
What is load, effort, fulcrum
200
Tweezers
What is third class lever
200
Efficiency equals
What is Work (output)/Work (input)x 100%
200
Fasteners that exert a large amount of force to hold objects together.
What are screws
300
The rate of doing work
What is power
300
This is a type of lever that flings objects through the air
What is a catapult
300
Seesaw
What is first class lever
300
The equation for power
What is P = Work/(change in)time
300
A wheel and axle with a groove around its outer circumference mounted on an axle
What is a pulley
400
The measure of the reduction in effort to do a certain amount of work when using a simple machine
What is mechanical advantage
400
This is in the middle when you have a second class lever
What is the load
400
Wheel barrel
What is second class lever
400
This is the most familiar type of work. It occurs when a force acts on an object to move it in a direction parallel to the force.
What is mechanical work
400
A two-dimensional tilted surface that allows a resistance load to be moved from a lower to a higher position with less effort than lifting it vertically
What is an inclined plane
500
A rigid bar that rests on a pivot point
What is a lever
500
This is in the middle when you have a third class lever
What is effort
500
Salad tongs
What is third class lever
500
This is a disk that rotates around an axis
What is a wheel and axle
500
Some of man's best machines are this
What are imitations of God's creation
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