Types of Simple Machines
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Hodge Podge
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