Simple Machines Quiz

Identify a reason someone would use a simple machine.

• To make work more difficult

• To hold an object together

• You don't need simple machines

• to make moving, pulling and pushing things easier

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Which simple machine might a student use to move a heavy box up a set of stairs most easily?

• Wedge

• Wheel and Axel

• Inclined Plane

• Lever

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A boy's dad is building a tree house for the boy and his sister.  Which simple machine will hold the roof in place?

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

• Wedge

• Screw

Match the following

• Inclined plane

• Wide at one end pointed at the other, helps cut or split items

• wedge

• a stiff bar that moves around a fixed point

• Pulley

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

• Wheel and Axel

• a flat surface that is raised at one end to make moving things up and down it easier.

• Lever

• a wheel with a rope tied around it used to lift heavy objects

After a big wind storm, a tree has fallen across a road.  Which simple machines might a forester use to cut the tree into logs and then move the logs across the road?

• Wedge and screw

  
  

• Inclined plane and pulley

  
  

• Screw and pulley

  
  

• Wedge and pulley

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Draw a picture of a lever

Match the following

• Wheel and Axel

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• Compound Machine

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• Pulley

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• Screw

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Point to the lever on the picture

Where is the lever on this image?

How does a lever turn a small input force into a greater output force?

• It uses a beam that turns around a fixed point.

  
  

• Two wheels are attached to each other, which cuts down on friction.

  
  

• One end is higher than the other, allowing loads to be lifted over distance.

  
  

• The force of rotation is turned into movement in a straight line.