Vocabulary Matching Quiz

Flat surface raised on an end

• Lever
• Pulley
• Inclined Plane
• Wedge

Double inclined ending in an acute angle; moves to displace the object

• Lever
• Pulley
• Inclined Plane
• Wedge

Explain the difference between simple machines and compound machines.

• Simple machines are more complex than compound machines.
• Compound machines cannot be made from simple machines.

• Simple machines are individual devices while compound machines are combinations of multiple simple machines.

• Simple machines are always larger than compound machines.

Machines make our work ________.

• difficult

• easier

• tireless

• useless

A point of support is called:

• fulcrum

• effort

• machine

• inclined plane

Examples of levers are (choose 3):

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

The wheel was a transcendental invention in the history of humanity

• True

• False

Transcendental is something _______________ that produces important effects.

• not important

• very important

• a little important

Consists of a rigid bar that can be moved on a point of support.

• Pulley
• Wedge
• Lever
• Inclined Plane

Combination of screw and nut used as a system to clamp things together

• lever

• nail and hammer system

• nut-bolt assembly

• clamp and lever mechanism