Simple Machines

Match the picture of each simple machine to the English name:

• lever

• 
• pulley

• 
• wheel and axle

• 
• wedge

• 
• inclined plane

• 

Which kind of simple machine is being used?

• lever

• wheel and axle

• pulley

• inclined plane

Which kind of simple machine is being used?

• lever

• inclined plane

• pulley

• wedge

What kind of simple machine is being used?

• inclined plane

• lever

• wedge

• wheel and axle

What kind of simple machine is being used?

• lever

• inclined plane

• wheel and axle

• wedge

What kind of simple machine is being used?

• wedge

• wheel and axle

• pulley

• lever

CHALLENGE QUESTION!!!

This is a picture of a wheelbarrow.

A wheelbarrow is a compound machine.

That means that 2 simple machines are being used at once.

Which two simple machines can we find in a wheelbarrow?

• lever and pulley

• pulley and wheel and axle

• wedge and pulley

• lever and wheel and axle