Types of Simple Machines
Which simple machine can help a friend in a wheel chair enter a building more easily?
Inclined Plane
A wheel and an axle is a wheel with a rod in the middle called an axle
TRUE!
What are 3 examples of movement?
Which simple machine can help you bring things together?
Screw
A scale is an example of a pulley
False!
What is movement?
Movement is a change in position.
Which simple machine has a bar and a fulcrum?
Lever
Your window blinds are an example of a pulley
TRUE
Look at the photo, answer the following question:
The hospital is ________ the park and _______ the bank.
A knife is an example of what simple machine?
Wedge
A pin is an example of a screw
false!
What is potential energy?
Potential energy is energy stored in an object. It can move but needs a force to help it.
Name all 6 types of simple machines
Lever, wedge, screw, inclined plane, pulley, and wheel and axle
Kinetic energy is when movement is happening
TRUE!
What is an example of something that has potential energy that can turn into kinetic energy?
A ball has potential energy. When you kick it, it gets kinetic energy.
An apple on a tree has potential energy. When strong wind blows it and it falls off the tree, it gets kinetic energy.