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Vocabulary
Pulley Data
Pulley Diagrams
Types of Pulleys
Miscellaneous
100
A wheel with a grooved rim in which a rope can run to change the direction of the pull that lifts a load.
What is a pulley?
100
Has one rope supporting the load.
What is a single-fixed pulley?
100
the five parts of a pulley diagram.
What is effort, load, directional arrow, rope, and pulley wheel?
100
has a wheel that is attached to something above the load.
What is a fixed pulley?
100
any of the 6 basic devices that provide mechanical or other advantages, such as pulleys and levers.
What is simple machines?
200
reduces the effort needed to lift a load or overcome a resistance.
What is mechanical advantage?
200
Has 2 ropes supporting the loads. (2)
What is a single- movable pulley and a single-fixed/single movable effort down pulley?
200
A compound pulley system has ____ wheels.
What is two?
200
single-fixed/single movable effort up and single-fixed/single movable effort down pulley systems.
What are compound pulley systems?
200
2 ropes supporting the loads cuts the effort needed to lift the loads in _____________.
What is half?
300
A change in direction that results from passing a rope through a pulley.
What is directional advantage?
300
The distance that the effort moved was the greatest for the ___________________pulley.
What is a single-fixed/single movable effort up pulley?
300
the load in a single-fixed/single movable effort up pulley is located ___________________.
What is the bottom of the second pulley wheel?
300
has a wheel that is attached to the load.
What is a movable pulley?
300
3 ropes supporting the loads cuts the effort needed to lift the loads in __________.
What is thirds?