Simple Machines

This machine is made of a solid bar and has a fixed point called a fulcrum

• Lever

• Pulley

• Wheel

• Axle

What is a pulley used for?

• to lift a load using a rope that goes around a wheel ad is tied to the load

• it has a solid bar and you place the object at the base of one and push on the opposite end to lift an object

• It has a flat slanted surface to, sometimes called a ramp

• to dig a hole in the ground

this is a

• lever

• wheel and axle

• pulley

• inclined plane

this is a

• ramp

• lever

• plane

• pulley

Another name for a ramp is an

• inclined plane

• wheel

• plane

• pulley

An object being lifted or moved by a machine is called

• load

• machine

• transfer

• pulley

How many types of levers are there

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A machine with two or more simple machines or moving parts that work as one is called a?

• simple machine

• complicated machine

• compound machine

• machine

A wheel and axle is defined as?

• has two parts and helps to move loads

• any tool that helps do work

• a flat slanted surface

Position is

• when an object is in motion

• the location of an object

• how long it took an object to move

• divide distance by time