SIMPLE MACHINES
FORCE
MOTION
AT THE BALL GAME
MISCELLANEOUS
100
This type of simple machine is used to slice or cut objects. An example is a knife slicing vegetables and/or fruit.
What is wedge
100
You need a different amount of ___________ to move heavier objects than you need to move lighter objects.
What is force
100
A truck is moving at a speed of 55 mph. Then it is moving at a speed of 75 mph. What must be true of the truck?
What is it accelerated
100
If you kick a ball in the air. What will happen to the ball and why?
What is it will come back to the ground because of gravity.
100
True or False A lawn mower is a simple machine.
What is false
200
This type of simple machine has an inclined plane wrapped around it.
What is screw
200
Which object below would require the most force push it forward? tricycle car bus
What is bus
200
A ping pong ball is moving at a constant speed. It changes direction and continues moving at a constant speed. What caused it to change direction?
What is force
200
What would cause a basketball to drop through the net?
What is gravity
200
What affects the strength of gravitational attraction between two objects?
What is mass and distance
300
A shovel is which type of simple machine?
What is lever
300
A bus applies more force than a scooter. This is because of the bus's ____________.
What is mass
300
If two tennis balls are hit from the same point. What could make Tennis ball B go faster than Tennis ball A?
What is Tennis Ball B is hit with more force than Tennis Ball A
300
You are at a game. A ball is pitched, the batter hits it, and it flies towards third. What caused the ball to change direction?
What is the force of the batter
300
______________ can change the speed and direction of objects.
What is force
400
This simple machine allows you to lift objects with less force, but you must move them a greater distance.
What is inclined plane
400
What force causes an object to fall to the ground?
What is gravity
400
If you are trying to move a larger or heavier object, you will need a greater amount of ___________.
What is force
400
Ball A is dropped from 120 ft. Ball B is dropped from 50 ft. Which ball will bounce lower?
What is Ball B
400
True or False The weight of an object is due to gravity.
What is True
500
This type of simple machine is used to raise a flag on a flag pole.
What is pulley
500
The ___________ of an object depends on the amount of gravitational pull.
What is weight
500
A person is running at 2 miles per minute. Then, that same person is running at 4 miles per minute. What must be true of this person?
What is This person accelerated
500
A golf ball is moving at a constant speed. It changes directions and continues moving at the same speed due to ______________.
What is force
500
If you are fishing. The part of the fishing pole that you're holding would be the ________________.
What is fulcrum