Simple Machines Test

What simple machine is a slanted surface used to raise an object?

• Pulley

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

• Wedge

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of the following is an example of work being done?

• Holding a heavy piece of wood at a construction site.

• Trying to push a car that doesn't move out of the deep snow

• Pulling a wagon down the sidewalk.

• Holding a door shut on a windy day so that it doesn't blow open.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What simple machine pivots on a fixed point?

• Fulcrum

• Lever

• Ramp

• Wedge

Which of these are an example of a wedge?

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This has one or no moving parts. 

• simple machine
• complex machine

Flagpole

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

This device

• wedge
• lever
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

This device

• wedge
• lever
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Bicycle

• wedge
• pulley
• incline plane
• wheel and axle

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

The fixed point on a lever is called...

• load
• fulcrum
• effort
• force