Simple Machines

What type of simple machine is found on a water bottle cap?

• Lever

• Wheel and axle

• Pulley

• Screw

What is an example of a wheel and axle?

• Shovel

• Seesaw

• Water faucet knob

• Crowbar

Which of the following can be both a lever and a wedge?

• Scissors

• Broom

• Knife

• Pin

Which simple machine is made of rigid or strong bar that is free to move at a fixed point?

• lever

• wedge

• pulley

• wheel and axle

Which simple machine is use to reduce friction and to allow moving of object using lesser force?

• lever

• wedge

• wheel and axle

• inclined plane

Knives, nails, chisels, and needles are examples of what kind of simple machine?

• wedge

• lever

• pulley

• screw

Mother used the a spoon to open a can of biscuits. How was the spoon used?

• as a screw

• as a lever

• an an inclined plane

• as a pulley

Wheel and axle are important to us because it helps our work easier and faster. Which of the following belongs to Wheel and axle?

• Axe and blade

• Wheel barrow and bottle opener

• ramp slope

• Bicycle, gears, doorknob

Which simple machine is described as an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft, creating grooves?

• screw

• pulley

• wedge

• wheel and axle

Elevator as to pulley while escalator as to:__________

• wedge

• lever

• pulley

• inclined plane