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Weight/Mass/Gravity
General
Inclined Plane
Pulley/Wedge
Wheel and Axle/Screw
100

What are the units for Weight? 

What is Newtons. 

100

What are the units for Mechanical Advantage?

What is none?

100
Another name for an inclined plane is a ____________.
What is ramp?
100
Here at school, you could see a pulley on a ______________.
What is flagpole?
100
The wheel and axle is made up of two parts: the wheel that turns on a post, which is called the __________.
What is axle?
200

Calculate the weight of a person on the moon if their mass if 64 kg. Acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1.6 m/s^2. 

What is 102.4 Newtons

200

What pushes or pulls a lever?

What is force?

200
If you use an inclined plane, the distance is longer, but it takes less _______________.
What is effort?
200
The pulley uses a ____________ and rope to lift a load.
What is wheel?
200

You create a screw when you wrap an inclined plane into a _______________ around a pole.

What is spiral?

300

Mass is the amount of _________________ in an object, and __________ is a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object.

Matter and gravity

300

If you ignore air resistance and a feather and a bowling ball are dropped from the same height at the same time, which object l will hit the ground first?

What is hit the ground at the same time?

300
An inclined plane is a simple machine that is a flat surface that is ___________ at one end.
What is higher?
300
Two inclined planes placed back to back make this simple machine.
What is a wedge?
300
Using a screw takes ______________ force than pounding a nail.
What is less?
400

These two factors affect the gravitational force between objects - the ______ of the objects and the _______ between objects. 

What is weight and distance

400
The point where the lever turns is the _____________.
What is fulcrum?
400
The inclined plane is a simple machine that is a ___________________ that is higher at one end.
What is flat surface?
400

A pulley is used to raise a heavy crate. The pulley is such that an input (effort) force of 228 N is needed to provide an output (resistance) force of 1790 N. What is the mechanical advantage of this pulley?

What is 7.9 (or 8)

400
In a wheel and axle, the wheel makes a large circular movement, and the axle makes a ____________ movement.
What is smaller?
500

What is the mass of a person who weighs 100 N?

What is 102 kg? 

500

A lever used to lift a heavy box has an effort arm of 4m and a resistance arm of 0.8 m. What is the mechanical advantage of the lever? 

What is 2

500

Calculate the mechanical advantage of a ramp that's 8 m in length and 1.5 m tall. 

What is ?

500

Calculate the mechanical advantage of pulley with a load of 100 N, with an effort force of 10 N. 

What is 10.

500
Just like an inclined plane, a screw moves a longer distance, but less ____________ is needed.
What is effort?