Simple Machines
This simple machine includes an inclined surface used to move objects upward with less force.
What is a ramp (inclined plane)?
The basic unit of electric current.
What is the ampere (amp)?
This tool measures length and has both inches and centimeters.
What is a ruler?
This wall was built in China and stretches thousands of miles.
What is The Great Wall of China?
This metal is known for being lightweight and used in airplanes.
What is aluminum?
This wheel with a groove and a rope passing over it helps lift heavy loads.
What is a pulley?
This component stores electrical energy in a circuit.
What is a capacitor?
This L-shaped tool checks right angles in construction.
What is a framing square?
This tower in France was originally built as a temporary structure for the 1889 World’s Fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The downward force acting on all objects near Earth’s surface.
What is gravity?
This simple machine is made of a rigid bar that pivots on a fulcrum.
What is a lever?
The flow of electrons through a conductor creates this.
What is electricity?
This tool tightens and loosens nuts and bolts.
What is a wrench?
This canal in Panama connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This property describes how much a material resists being scratched.
What is hardness?
This simple machine is basically a twisted inclined plane used for tightening or lifting.
What is a screw?
This common component limits current in a circuit.
What is a resistor?
Engineers use this tool to model and test ideas on a computer before building.
What is CAD software?
This Egyptian structure is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
This force opposes motion between two touching surfaces.
What is friction?
Scissors are an example of this combined simple machine. (2 combined machines)
What is a lever and a wedge?
This law states V = I × R.
What is Ohm’s law?
This precision tool can measure very small thicknesses or diameters, such as wire gauge.
What is a caliper?
This bridge in San Francisco is famous for its orange color and suspension design.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
Concrete becomes extremely strong when reinforced with this metal.
What is steel (rebar)?