Vocabulary
Simple Machines Vocabulary
Picture Identification
Fill-In the Blanks
Extra
100
These are two types of forces.
What is a push or a pull?
100
This helps you life of move a load.
What is a lever?
100
Flag Pole
What is a pulley?
100
Walking up a ____________ hill is more difficult than walking up a gradual incline.
What is steep?
100
An object has ___________ of ______________ when an object is moving.
What is energy of motion?
200
This slows down or stops objects.
What is friction?
200
This consists of a wheel and a rope. It changes the direction of a force.
What is pulley?
200
Scissors, saws, knives
What is a wedge?
200
The here parts of the lever are _______, __________, and __________.
What is force, load, fulcrum?
200
__________ ____________ is energy that can make an object move.
What is stored energy?
300
This is the ability to do work.
What is energy?
300
This is a ramp.
What is an inclined plane?
300
Stairs
What is an inclined plane?
300
A _________________ is a machine with few or no moving parts.
What is a simple machine?
300
Draw a picture of a seesaw and label the fulcrum, force and load.
What is lever?
400
This reduces the amount of force you need to work. It makes work easier.
What is a machine?
400
This is two inclined planes put back to back.
What is a wedge?
400
Bikes, a well, wheel barrel
What is wheel and axle?
400
A _____________ is an inclined plane wisted around a center post.
What is a screw?
400
Name something that involves work and something that does not involve work.
What is laying down and pushing a ball?
500
This is a machine with two or more simple machines put together.
What is compound machine?
500
This helps move a load.
What is a wheel and axle?
500
Shovel or seesaw
What is a lever?
500
A _____________ is an inclined plane twisted around a center post.
What is screw?
500
Imagine you are kicking a soccer ball. When your leg hits the ball, it causes the _________________ from your leg to transfer to the ball.
What is energy?