Simple Machines Quiz

What type of simple machine is at the bottom of a light bulb?

• lever
• wheel
• wedge
• screw

What two simple machines make up scissors?

• wheel and axle
• lever and wedge
• wedge and inclined plans
• inclined plane and lever

Hammers can be used to pull nails out of wood. What type of simple machine is a hammer?

• screw
• lever
• pulley
• inclined plane

What kind of simple machine is a ramp?

• pulley
• screw
• lever
• inclined plane

What type of simple machine holds things together?

• ramp

• wedge

• screw

• pulley

What type of work would a pulley help a person to do?

• cut food
• make a seesaw
• lift a car engine
• hold pieces of wood together

Simple machines have helped us in everyday life. What kind of simple machine is a knife?

• wheel and axle
• wedge
• screw
• pulley

There are six major types of simple machines. Which of the following are all simple machines?

• lever ,wedge, inclined plane
• wheel and axle, screw, light
• magnet, wedge, inclined plane
• motor, inclined plane, wheel and axle 

What simple machine can be used to split things apart and also it can hold open a door?

• Lever
• Pulley
• Wedge
• Screw

What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?

• Pulley
• lever
• screw
• wedge