Types of Simple Machines
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Force
100

This is a flat surface that has one end higher than the other.

Inclined Plane

100

What is the fixed point on which a lever moves or pivots?

fulcrum

100

Jasper uses a broom to sweep the kitchen floor. What kind of simple machine is a broom?

lever

100

A _______________ ___________________ makes work easier and have few or no moving parts.

simple machine

100

A pair of scissors uses which two simple machines?


lever and wedge

100

__________  __________ is ALL the forces acting on an object added together.

Net Force

200

Made of a rod attached to a wheel

Wheel and axle

200

What is a stiff or straight bar that moves back and forth on a fixed point?

lever

200

A flagpole is an example of what simple machine?


pulley

200

Simple machines make work _____________________.

easier or seem easier (there's always a tradeoff)

200

Which simple machine is used to hold things together?

screw

200

Moves an object away

Push

300

A simple machine that consists of two inclined planes put together, is wide at one end and pointed at the other, and used to cut or split objects.

Wedge

300

Jacob is eating a piece of cake using a fork. What 2 types of simple machines is he using?

a wedge and a lever

300

A doorknob is what kind of simple machine?

wheel and axle (if it is round) or lever (if it is a handle like the ones in my room)

300

Name three forces being applied to this scenario

Push 

Gravity

Friction 

300

What vocab word means a push or a pull?

force

300

Brings objects closer

Pull

400

What type of simple machine is basically an inclined plane wrapped around a wedge?

A screw

400

Used to holds objects together


Screw

400

A wheelchair ramp is an example of a(n) _______________  ____________.


Inclined Plane

400

Edward uses a wheelbarrow when he works in the garden. A wheelbarrow consists of which three simple machines?

wheel and axle & lever & inclined plane

400

When a force is used to move something, we call this doing ____________.

work

400

______________ is two objects rubbing together, causing them to slow down.

Friction

500

What simple machine is a rope or chain and the wheel it fits around?

A Pulley
500

A simple machine will increase or decrease 

the amount of force needed to move an object

Decrease

500

A knife is an example of what 2 kinds of simple machines?

wedge and a lever


500

Helps split or cuts things


Wedge

500

A ____________________ is a combination of 2 or more simple machines.  

Compound Machine

500

Brings two magnetic objects together

Magnetism