Simple Machine

A ______ is an example of an inclined plane

• pulley

• rod

• lever

• board

When you pull something up an inclined plane you use less _____ than you use to pick it straight up.

• energy

• force

• distance

• strength

Suppose you use a pulley attached to a pole to pull up a flag. What does the pulley do to the direction of the force?

• Changes the direction

• Keeps the direction the same

• makes no change in the direction

Which of the following activities is NOT being done with a simple machine?

• turning a doorknob to open a door

• prying open a paint can

• cutting out a picture from a magazine

What is a push or a pull

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

A change in a position

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the measure of how fast something moves over a certain distance.

the force that pulls objects towards each other

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a measure of the pull of gravity on a object

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the measure of force it takes to move an object a certain distance