Simple Machines Vocab Review

The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates

• Fulcrum

• Lever

• Wedge

• Pivot

Simple machine that is a flat surface with one end higher than the other

• Screw

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

• Pulley

Machine with few or no moving parts that makes it easier to do work.

• Compound Machine

• Inclined Plane

• Simple Machine

• Wheel And Axle

The ratio of the force produced by a machine to the force applied to it, used in assessing the performance of a machine

• Work

• Efficiency

• Mechanical Advantage

• Compound Machine

Machine made of two or more simple machines

• Compound Machine

• Simple Machine

• Inclined Plane

• Wheel And Axle

Simple machine that is a rigid bar that turns around a fixed point

• Lever

• Pivot

• Pulley

• Fulcrum

Result of a force moving an object over a distance

• Inclined Plane

• Efficiency

• Work

• Wedge

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Simple machine that is a type of inclined plane with one or two sloping surfaces

• Screw

• Wedge

• Pulley

• Lever

Kind of wheel with a groove for a rope or cable

• Pulley

• Screw

• Wedge

• Lever

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Point around which a lever pivots or turns

• Wedge

• Fulcrum

• Lever

• Pivot