Simple Machines: Wedges

A wedge is a _________ shaped object

• Triangular
• Circular
• Cube
• Apple

it is thick at one end and ______ at the other end

• pizza
• stays the same
• tapers
• gets even thicker

Is a doorstop a wedge

• True 
• False

is a tooth a wedge(Think, does it split or break things apart?)

• True 
• False

 A shovel is a wedge True  or False?

• True
• False

A wedge is made up of 2 what

• Incline planes

• Ramps

• You don't know

• Screws

Which wedges increases the distance over which work is done?

• longer

• shorter

• the distance is the same

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Which wedge requires more input force?

• longer

• shorter

• they require the same input force

Which wedge uses the least input force?

• longer

• shorter

• they both use the same input force