Simple Machines

A machine is

• something big and complicated

• a mechanical device to make work harder

• a mechanical device to make work easier

• a mechanical device to do everything for you

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Work is

• a force

• When a force makes something move

• push or pull on an object

• the point a lever turns on

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Force is

• a machine

• When a force makes something move

• push or pull on an object

• the point a lever turns on

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A screw is

• a plane that is angled to get things from one level to another

• an inclined plane wrapped around a pole

• two inclined planes that come to a point for splitting or holding things together

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

A Wedge is

• a plane that is angled to get things from one level to another

• an inclined plane wrapped around a pole

• two inclined planes that come to a point for splitting or holding things together

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

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An inclined plane is

• a plane that is angled to get things from one level to another

• an inclined plane wrapped around a pole

• two inclined planes that come to a point for splitting or holding things together

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

A lever is

• a plane that is angled to get things from one level to another

• an inclined plane wrapped around a pole

• two inclined planes that come to a point for splitting or holding things together

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

A Pulley

• a wheel with an axle through its center to move loads.

• a wheel with a groove for a rope that is used for lifting.

• the point that a lever turns on

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

A Wheel and axel

• a wheel with an axle through its center to move loads.

• a wheel with a groove for a rope that is used for lifting.

• the point that a lever turns on

• a bar that pivots on a fulcrum

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This is an example of a

• lever

• wedge

• Inclined plane

• Pulley

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