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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A catapult is an example of a _________ .

• lever

• wheel and axle

• screw

• inclined plane

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The pivot point of a lever is called the _________.

• load

• bar

• effort

• fulcrum

Gears are wheels with teeth.

• True

• False

Stairways are a combination of a ______ and a ladder.

• screw

• ramp

• pulley

• wheel

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Which of the following is not an example of a ramp? (inclined plane)

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A spiral staircase is a lot like a ___________.

• pulley

• screw

• wheel and axle

• wedge

A screw is like a:

• ramp wrapped around a rod.

• wedge with a stick

• wheel moving up a ramp

• pulley lifting a post

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A prosthetic arm is an example of a _________.

• ramp

• screw

• pulley

• lever

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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