Forces Vocabulary

Made up of a bar that pivots around a fixed point

• Wheel and Axle

• Lever

• Wedge

• Pulley

A block of material that is wide at one end and tapers to a point at the other

• Screw

• Inclined Plane

• Wedge

• Pulley

A sloping surface that can slant upward or downward

• Screw

• Wedge

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

Made up of a metal pin with an inclined plane wrapped around the rod that is used to fasten things

• Wedge

• Screw

• Pulley

• Lever

A rod attached to a wheel that makes it easier to move or turn things

• Wedge

• Lever

• Screw

• Wheel and Axle

The supporting point on which a lever rests

• Work

• Force

• Machine

• Fulcrum

A push or pull.

• Force

• Machine

• Fulcrum

• Work

The movement of a force.

• Machine

• Fulcrum

• Work

• Force

Tools that make work easier.

• Machine

• Fulcrum

• Work

• Force

A force produced by the rubbing of one thing against another.

• Gravity

• Friction

• Net Force

• Compound Machine