Simple Machines Quiz

Wheels, levers, pulleys, ramps, screws, and wedges are forms of _______________________.

• potential energy

• simple machines

• chemical changes

• dark matter

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Which of the following is not a lever?

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Stairways are a combination of a ______ and a ladder.

• screw

• ramp

• pulley

• wheel

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Another name for a ramp =

• axle

• pulley

• lever

• inclined plane

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A crane uses ___________ to lift heavy loads.

• ramps

• pulleys

• axles

• wedges

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What are the type of simple machines?

• inclined plane, screw, wedge, lever, wheel and axle, pulley
• cars, planes, buses, motorcycles, 
• vacuums, washing machines, dishwashers
• droids, robots, drones

A wheelbarrow is an example of

• pulley

• wheel and axle

• lever

• screw

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A door stop is an example of a

• screw

• lever

• wedge

• inclined plane

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What simple machine is used here?

• a screw

• an inclined plane

• a wedge

• a lever

Name this simple machine.

• wedge

• pulley

• incline plane

• screw