Simple Machines
This machine that is used to lift or move loads is comprised of a bar that rests on a support called a fulcrum
What is a lever?
This is a common building material made of cement mixed with aggregates like sand or gravel.
What is concrete?
This is the total distance around the outside of the circle
What is circumference?
A word that provides more detail about a verb.
What is an adverb?
A sentence must express this.
What is a complete thought/meaning?
A bottle cap or the metal end of a lightbulb are examples of this type of machine
What is a screw?
Wood used for construction
What is lumber or timber?
The name of a solid figure that has length, width, and height
What is three dimensional (3D) or prism?
"A" and "the" are examples of this.
What is an article?
A complete sentence must start with a capital letter and end with this.
What is a pulley?
A high quality form of ceramic fired at high temperatures
What is porcelain?
A curved shape at the opening of a building, usually supported by columns
What is an arch?
A word that stands in for a noun
What is a pronoun?
What is a predicate?
A ramp is an example of this type of machine.
What is an inclined plane?
This form of steel is resistant to rust or corrosion.
What is stainless steel?
A curved shape with two focal points, similar to an oval
What is an ellipse?
This tense expresses incomplete or ongoing actions at a specific time in the past, present, or future.
"On the window sill" is an example of this.
What is a prepositional phrase?
The rod at the center of a wheel.
What is an axle?
What is an alloy?
A half sphere at the top of a building.
What is a dome?
Adjectives and adverbs are examples of this type of word, which adds more information about a noun or verb.
What is a modifier?
A mistake of misusing a comma to connect two sentences.
What is a comma splice?