Screws / Simple Machine examples

Match the following

• an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder or central point, or a winding inclined plane

• compound machine

• sloping, flat or plane surface over which objects may be rolled or lifted to higher elevations

• inclined plane

• two or more simple machines working together

• pitch

• distance between the threads

• screw

• effort force

• Fe

As a staircase is an example of an ​ (a)   , the spiral staircase is an example of a ​ (b)   .

• inclined plane
• screw
• wedge

On screws, the line formed by the inclined plane is called a ​ (a)   .

• thread
• pitch

A screw achieves similar goals to an ​ (a)   in a smaller space.

• inclined plane
• wedge

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The wood screw, drill bit, and auger are ​ (a)   because the threads are inclined planes but there is also a wedge on the points.

• compound machines
• simple machines

A screw is a simple machine that reduces ​ (a)   required to move an object over a ​ (b)   distance or height.

• force
• vertical
• horizontal
• effort

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an inclined plane in the form of a screw?

• auger

• bolt

• wood screw

• knife

What kind of machine is a screw that does not have a point on the end?

• compound machine

• complex machine

• simple machine

• belt-driven machine

What is another name for the thread on a screw?

• twisted inclined plane

• wedge

• spiral lever

• inclined plane

Match the following

• pulley

• 
• lever

• 
• wedge

• 
• inclined plane

• 
• screw

• 

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