Turning Forces

Select the load in this picture.

• The girl

• The boy

• The see saw

• The handle bars

Select the effort in this picture.

• The girl

• The boy

• The see saw

• The handle bars

Select the colour of the pivot.

• Purple

• Green

• Pink

• Blue

Many tools and how muscles work are examples of...

• leavers.

• levers.

• leevers.

• livers.

Levers help to multiply effort because ...

• they increase the distance between the effort and the pivot.

• they decrease the distance between the effort and the pivot.

• they increase the distance between the load and the pivot.

• they decrease the distance between the load and the pivot.

The best way to balance this see saw would be to...

• Move to the effort closer to the pivot.

• Move the effort further from the pivot.

• Move the load closer to the pivot.

• Move the load further from the pivot.