Stapler, Rake, Broom, and Hammer are examples of what?
What is a Lever.
100
I am smooth with a sloped surface.
What is Inclined Plane.
100
I Need a rope, chain, or belt to move.
What is Pulley.
100
To hang heavy shelves on the wall, you might use this type of simple machine.
What is Screw.
100
Simple machines have this many parts.
What is one or two.
200
Toy Car, Doorknob, Ferris Wheel and Wagon Wheels are examples of this?
What is Wheel and Axle.
200
Using a screw takes more or less force than pounding a nail?
What is less.
200
Which of the following are examples of wedges?
a) pins, knives, chisels.
b) pencils, hockey sticks, and drumsticks.
c) fishing rods and wheelbarrows.
d) flagpoles, clotheslines, and bicycle gears.
What is A) Pins, knives and chisels.
200
BONUS !!
A simple machine with two or more inclines planes are called?
What is a Wedge.
200
The fixed point or support on which a lever turns when moving. The center support of a seesaw is this?
What is Fulcrum.
300
BONUS!!
To turn a screw more easily into the wood. Would you use a screw that has more or less threads. Must explain :)
What is more threads. A screw is a wrapped around inclined plane. The longer the distance the less the force required. The screw will require less force but more turns.
300
TRUE or False:
A ramp is an example of an inclined plane?
What is True.
300
BONUS:
A simple machine is a machine with _________________ moving parts.
What is few or no moving parts.
300
A Screw helps us ______?
1) to pry things apart
2) cut things into smaller pieces
3) Hold things together
4) By Making things easier to carry
What is 3) Hold things together
300
Another name for an Inclined Plane is a _________
What is Ramp.
400
What is NOT an example of Wheel and Axle?
A) Doorknob
B) Dolly
C) Car
D) None of the above
What is Dolly.
400
A simple device that does work, that includes a pulley, the wheel and axle, the lever, the inclined plane, the screw, and the wedge?
What is Simple Machine.
400
In which example is work being done?
a) a person looks at a painting in a museum?
b) three adults push on a stalled car but it does not move?
c) a child reads a page in a book?
d) a soccer player kicks a ball into the goal.
What is D) a soccer player kicks a ball into the goal.
400
Simple machines make work _______________ .
a) Harder
B) Easier
C) The Same
D) It makes no difference
What is EASIER.
400
BONUS!!!
What simple machine on a boat would lift a sail?
A) A Pulley
B) A Screw
C) Wheel and Axle
D) Nothing, I would lift it up myself
What is a Pulley
500
The _____________ of an inclined plane affects the amount of force needed to lift an object.
What is angle.
500
What are the six simple machines?
What are wedges, inclined planes, screws, levers, wheel & axel and pulleys?
500
Name Three Simple Machines
A) Wheel, axle, and shovel
B) lever, computer, and pulley
C) Crane, Shovel, and lever
D) lever, wheel and axle, and pulley
What is D) Lever, Wheel and Axle, and Pulley
500
Rachel purchased a kit for making a skateboard ramp. Which of the following is most important to have for putting the ramp together?
a) a picture showing the colors of the different ramp parts. b) a diagram showing some of the ways to use the ramp.
c) a list of prices for other available kits.
d) a set of instructions for the kit materials.
What is D) a set of instructions for the kit materials.