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Simple Machines Quiz

Authored by Helena Lippe

Science

7th Grade

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Simple Machines Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the content descriptor for Chapter 6E: Simple Machines include?

Investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravitational force, acting on objects

Study the history of simple machines

Analyze the environmental impact of machines

Learn about the development of complex machines

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a way that simple machines make it easier to move objects?

Producing a force in a different direction

Reducing the effort force needed to move an object

Producing motion that is different from the applied motion

Increasing the weight of the object

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the input force to a simple machine?

Load force

Mechanical advantage

Effort force

Output force

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is mechanical advantage calculated?

By multiplying the load force by the effort force

By dividing the load force by the effort force

By subtracting the effort force from the load force

By adding the load force to the effort force

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If the load force is 200 N and the effort force is 100 N, what is the mechanical advantage?

1

2

3

4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of load force?

The input force to a simple machine

The output force applied by a machine

How many times greater the load force applied by a machine is than the effort force applied to it

The force needed to overcome friction

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an inclined plane?

A simple machine that helps to spread a vertical climb over an angled distance

A device that increases the force needed to move an object

A tool used to measure angles

A machine that reduces the distance needed to move an object

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