Simple Machines
This machine that is used to lift or move loads is comprised of a bar that rests on a support called a fulcrum
What is a lever?
This is a common building material made of cement mixed with aggregates like sand or gravel.
What is concrete?
This is the total distance around the outside of the circle
What is circumference?
A word that stands in for a noun
What is a pronoun?
This part of the sentence contains the noun.
What is a subject?
A bottle cap or the metal end of a lightbulb are examples of this type of machine
What is a screw?
Wood used for construction
What is lumber?
The name of a solid figure that has length, width, and height
What is three dimensional (3D)?
A word that provides more detail about a verb.
What is an adverb?
A complete sentence must start with a capital letter and end with this.
What is a pulley?
A high quality form of ceramic fired at high temperatures
What is porcelain?
A curved shape at the opening of a building, usually supported by columns
What is an arch?
Adjectives and adverbs are examples of this type of word, which adds more information about a noun or verb.
What is a modifier?
What is a predicate?
A ramp is an example of this type of machine.
What is an inclined plane?
This form of steel is resistant to rust or corrosion.
What is stainless steel?
A curved shape with two focal points, similar to an oval
What is an ellipse?
"A" and "the" are examples of this.
What is an article?
"On the window sill" is an example of this.
What is a prepositional phrase?
The rod at the center of a wheel.
What is an axle?
What is an alloy?
A half sphere at the top of a building.
What is a dome?
This tense expresses incomplete or ongoing actions at a specific time in the past, present, or future.
A sentence must express this.
What is a complete thought?