6.8E Inclined Planes Vocabulary

device that makes work easier, often by reducing the amount of effort force needed to move an object

• simple machine

• pulley

• load

• force

a ramp or slope that reduces the forces needed to move objects up and down heights ; a sample machine

• load

• inclined planes

• movable pulley

• force

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a slanted walk or roadway that connects a lower to a higher place; one type of inclined plane

• pulley

• load

• ramp

• work

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a result of a force moving an object a certain distance.

• load

• work

• force

• inclined planes

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a device consisting of a wheel over which a rope or chain is pulled in order to lift heavy objects; a simple machine

• load

• inclined planes

• pulley

• force

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the object to be moved using a machine

• load

• pulley

• force

• inclined planes

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the force applied to a simple machine

• effort

• load

• simple machine

• pulley

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a push or pull that can change the motion of a object, measured with a spring scale in newton (n) units

• inclined plane

• movable pulley

• pulley

• force

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