Simple Machines

Inclined plane allows us to trade increased ______ for decreased effort or force.

• weight

• distance

• energy

• slope

What is another word for ‘inclined planes’?

• planes

• gravity

• slope

• ramp

Which one is an example of lever?

• wheelbarrow

• screw

• knife

• nail

_____ is the point you want to force to act.

• Effort

• Load

• Fulcrum

• Support

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_____ is the point where force is applied.

• Effort

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Support

_____ is the support on which the lever turns.

• Effort

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Lever

If the distance between the effort and the fulcrum is longer than that between the load and the fulcrum, the force needed to lift the load is _____.

• more

• less

• the same

• unknown

Which class of lever is this?

• first

• second

• third

• none of the above

Which class of lever is this?

• first

• second

• third

• none of the above

Which kind(s) of lever can save force?

• first

• second

• third

• All of the above