Simple Machines

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

• Lever
• Pulley
• Wedge
• Screw

A ramp.

• Lever
• Inclined Plane
• Wedge
• Screw

What type of simple machine is shown here?

• Pulley
• Wheel and Axle
• Lever
• Wedge

Mechanical Advantage:  To drive objects apart.

• Pulley
• Inclined Plane
• Wedge
• Wheel and Axle

Mechanical Advantage:  To reduce the friction of moving something.

• Lever
• Inclined Plane
• Screw
• Wheel and Axle

Something similar to a see-saw that can lift an object.

• Wedge
• Screw
• Lever
• Wheel and Axle

Mechanical Advantage:  To move objects to a greater height.

• Pulley
• Wedge
• Lever
• Inclined Plane

Mechanical Advantage:  To change the direction of a force.

• Wedge
• Pulley
• Screw
• Wheel and Axle

Something that can hold things together or lift an object.

• Wheel and Axle
• Lever
• Screw
• Pulley

What type of simple machine is this?

• Wheel and Axle
• Pulley
• Wedge
• Screw