Simple Machines
Speed
Distance and Displacement
Vocabulary/Newton
Random
100

Name two simple machines

(screw, inclined plane, pulley, lever, wedge, wheel/axle) 
100

Mitso walked 6 miles in 2 hours, what is his speed? 

3 miles/hour 

100

I ran two laps around a 400 meter track, what is my displacement? 

0 meters


100

What two variables affect speed? 

distance and time

100

What is the least populated continent? 

Antarctica

200

What type of simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped around something? 

Screw

200

Leo ran 3 miles in 30 minutes, what is his speed? 

6 miles/hour


200

Kyle walked two miles east from his house, then one mile west. What is his distance and displacement? 

distance: 3 miles

displacement: 1 mile east

200

What force slows a rolling or sliding object? 

friction

200
What is the fourth planet from the sun? 

Mars

300

What part of the screw is considered an inclined plane? 

Thread 

300

Jake rode his bike 5 miles. It took him 15 minutes. What is his speed? 

20 miles/hour

300

Nina drives 2 miles north, then 3 miles east, then 1 mile south. What is her distance? 

6 miles

300
For every action there is a _____ and _____ reaction

equal and opposite

300

Who is the main character in the book Wonder? 

August

400
What type of simple machine is a flag on a flag pole? 

Pulley

400

A girl ran 400 meters in 60 seconds, what is her speed? (meters/second)

6.67 m/s

400

Mark drives 30 miles north, then 15 miles south. What is his distance and displacement? 

distance: 45 miles

displacement: 15 miles north

400

The force that makes an object want to continue its motion

inertia 

400

What city was completely covered in ash after the explosion of Mount Vesuvius? 

Pompeii

500

If you wanted to split two things, what type of simple machine would you use? 

Wedge


500

Matt walked one mile in 20 minutes. He then ran one mile in 10 minutes. What is his average speed? 

4 miles/hour 

500

Hailey walks 50 meters north, then 25 meters south, then 16 meters east, then 25 meters south. What is her distance and displacement? 

distance: 116 meters

displacement: 16 meters east

500

displacement is a VECTOR quantity because it includes what two things? 

distance and direction

500

Name 5 classrooms at Gersh 

(Golden tigers, space alpacas, wolves, emus, macaws, camelids, porcupines, lemurs) 

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