General Info
Levers & Screws
Pulleys & Inclined Planes
Wheels & Axles and Wedges
Examples
100
Simple machines help us to do this.
What is work?
100
A lever can be used to help us do these two things.
What is lift and open?
100
Two things a pulley can be used to do.
What is a pulley?
100
Two things a wedge can be used for.
What is holding and splitting?
100
A seesaw, baseball bat, and a door are all examples of this.
What is a lever?
200
A push or pull that makes an object move.
What is force?
200
A screw is actually a special type of this.
What is an inclined plane?
200
How an inclined plane helps us do work.
What is moving this from a low place to a high place, or the opposite.
200
A wheel and axle is used to do this.
What is move things?
200
A knife, sled, and an ax are all examples of what simple machine.
What is a wedge?
300
The name of the force that holds things to the ground.
What is gravity?
300
The object to be moved by a lever.
What is the load?
300
The two types of main pulleys.
What is moveable and fixed?
300
A wheel with teeth is called this.
What is a gear?
300
A bathtub, sink, and stairs are all examples of this.
What is an inclined plane?
400
A force that slows down motion between two objects that touch.
What is friction?
400
The grooves on a screw are called this.
What is thread?
400
A pulley is usually made up of cable and this.
What is a wheel?
400
An example of a wedge that you often see in the hallway.
What is a doorstop?
400
A flagpole, elevator, and a boat all use this simple machine.
What is a pulley?
500
Name all of the 6 types of simple machines.
What is lever, pulley, wheel & axle, inclined plane, wedge, and screw?
500
The steady object on a lever.
What is a fulcrum?
500
Two inclined planes put together is called this.
What is a wedge?
500
This source of natural power is an example of a wheel and axle.
What is windmill?
500
A car, rollerskates, and clocks are examples of what simple machine.
What is wheel and axle?
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