Simple Machines

Mrs. Sullivan

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  1. What is a simple machine made up of a bar that turns, or pivots, around a fixed point?
  2. Your answer:
    inclined plane
    wheel and axle
    pulley
    lever


  3. What is a wheel around which a rope or chain is passed?
  4. Your answer:
    pulley
    wheel and axle
    lever
    inclined plane


  5. The fixed point around which a lever bar is free to move is called the
  6. Your answer:
    pulley
    fulcrum
    axle
    MA


  7. What is a device that makes work easier?
  8. Your answer:
    energy
    radiation
    electricity
    machine


  9. What is a simple machine with a sloping surface?
  10. Your answer:
    lever
    wheel and axle
    pulley
    inclined plane


  11. What is a machine made up of two or more simple machines?
  12. Your answer:
    inclined plane
    gear
    compound machine
    simple machine


  13. What is a simple machine made up of two wheels that turn, or pivot, around the same point?
  14. Your answer:
    pulley
    inclined plane
    lever
    wheel and axle


  15. What is energy?
  16. Your answer:
    the transfer of force by waves
    a push or a pull
    a force that works against other forces
    the ability to cause change


  17. What is done if a force moves an object?
  18. Your answer:
    friction
    convection
    work
    energy


  19. What is a force?
  20. Your answer:
    a distance
    a push or pull
    an object moved over a distance
    a newton



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