Simple Machines Quick Check

Identify this simple machine

• Lever
• Wheel & Axle
• Inclined Plane
• Screw

A pulley can be defined as...

• a wheel with teeth
• several wheels working together
• a wheel and axle with a rope, chain, or band around it
• two inclined planes put back to back

An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine 

• lever
• pulley
• screw
• wedge 

What is an inclined plane?

• wheels that turn on a post
• made from two or more simple machines
• flat surface that is higher at one end
• uses a wheel and a rope to lift a load

A simple machine that consists a rigid bar that pivots at a fixed point (fulcrum)

• lever
• pulley
• wheel and axle
• fulcrum 

An axe is an example of which type of machine...

• pulley
• inclined plane
• screw
• wedge 

The device used to raise a flag up a flag pole is an example of a 

• wheel and axle 
• lever
• inclined plane 
• pulley 

A seesaw is an example of a  

• wedge
• lever 
• inclined plane 
• pulley 

Lightbulb is an example of which type of simple machine...

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• screw

Simple machine that cuts or separates is called a

• wedge
• lever
• incline plane
• wheel and axle