Simple Machine Mid-Unit Quiz

What is an example of a lever?

• ramp
• car
• arm
• teeth

What is an example of an inclined plane?

• crane
• slide
• bike
• see-saw

What is an example of a pulley?

• slide
• flag pole
• ax
• chapstick

What is a lever?

• made of 2 inclined planes that are back to back
• means attracted to a magnet
• stiff bar that rests on a fulcrum
• made of 2 inclined planes that are back to back

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What makes a bike stop rolling?

• unbalanced forces
• your mom
• Friction
• effort force

Which one is an effort force?

• blocks in a wagon

• person pushing a carriage

• friction

• Mr. Usselman

Name this simple machine.

• Lever
• Wedge
• Pulley
• Inclined Plane

Name this simple machine. 

• Pulley
• Wheel and Axle
• Inclined Plane
• Lever

Name this simple machine. 

• Inclined Plane
• Lever
• Pulley
• Wedge