Vocabulary
Lever & Incline Plane
Wedges & Screws
Pulleys & Wheel/Axle
100
The force you apply to a machine.
What is effort?
100
The pivot point a lever rotates around.
What is a fulcrum?
100
An inclined plane used to separate two objects.
What is a wedge?
100
This part of a wheel & axle acts like a fulcrum.
What is the axle?
200
The force a machine supplies.
What is output?
200
The part of the lever the effort is applied to.
What is the effort arm?
200
A scissors is an example of this type of simple machine.
What is a wedge?
200
A doorknob is an example of this type of simple machine.
What is a wheel & axle?
300
The object moved by output.
What is load?
300
The part of the lever the load pushes back on.
What is the resistance arm?
300
An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.
What is a screw?
300
A grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
What is a pulley?
400
The energy used to perform a task.
What is work?
400
The steeper an incline is, the force required to climb the incline _________.
What is increases?
400
A screw differs from a wedge because a screw must be ______.
What is turned?
400
The effort distance of a pulley is measured by the length of the _______.
What is rope?
500
The added output you gain by using a simple machine.
What is mechanical advantage?
500
The screwdriver in the paint can example from class is an example of this type of simple machine.
What is a lever?
500
The term for how far apart the threads are on a screw.
What is pitch?
500
The output distance of a pulley is measured by how far this travels.
What is the load?
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