Quiz about Light, Sound, Simple Machines

Question 1

What simple machine can be used to split things apart and also it can hold open a door?

Accepted Answer

Wedge

Answer

Lever

Answer

Pulley

Answer

Screw

Question 2

What simple machine holds things together?

Accepted Answer

Screw

Answer

Wedge

Answer

Lever

Answer

Pulley

Question 3

What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?

Accepted Answer

lever

Answer

Pulley

Answer

screw

Answer

wedge

Question 4

What simple machine has a wheel with a groove on it that keeps a rope in place?

Accepted Answer

pulley

Answer

lever
lever

Answer

screw
wedge

Answer

wedge
screw

Question 5

Which simple machine is made up of two parts and can be found on bikes, wagons and wheelbarrows?

Accepted Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

lever

Answer

screw

Question 6

Which simple machine doesn't move and a heavy object can be rolled or pushed up this machine?

Accepted Answer

inclined plane

Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

wedge

Answer

screw

Question 7

What kind of work is made easier by the wheels of this object?

Accepted Answer

pushing a heavy load

Answer

lifting a heavy load

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dividing a heavy load

Answer

holding a small load

Question 8

What type of simple machine are these people using to move the wheel chair into the school bus?

Accepted Answer

inclined plane

Answer

lever

Answer

wedge

Answer

pulley

Question 9

A push or pull that can move an object is a

Accepted Answer

force

Answer

fulcrum

Answer

machine

Answer

lever

Question 10

What is the fixed point where a lever turns or pivots?

Accepted Answer

fulcrum

Answer

load

Answer

work

Answer

screw

Question 11

What is anything that makes work easier called?

Accepted Answer

machine

Answer

screw

Answer

wedge

Answer

force

Question 12

A machine with few or no moving parts is called a ______.

Accepted Answer

simple machine

Answer

machine

Answer

compound machine

Answer

work

Question 13

This picture is an example of a _________.

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Answer

wheel and axle

Question 14

Which of the following objects is NOT compound machine?

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

scissors

Answer

thumb tack

Answer

light bulb

Question 15

work is...

Accepted Answer

a force that moves an object

Answer

energy from the sun

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a type of machine

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a force that pulls you toward the earh

Question 16

Which is not a type of simple machine?

Accepted Answer

spring

Answer

screw

Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Question 17

What type of simple machine is found on the cap of a pickle jar?

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

lever

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

pulley

Question 18

What type of simple machine is found on the floor of a bathtub?

Accepted Answer

inclined plane

Answer

screw

Answer

wedge

Answer

pulley

Question 19

Which of these is an example of a wedge?

Accepted Answer

butter knife

Answer

skateboard

Answer

broom

Answer

stairs

Question 20

A screw is made up of _____ wrapped around a post or rod.

Accepted Answer

threads

Answer

springs

Answer

treads

Answer

strings

Question 21

Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?

Accepted Answer

wall

Answer

ladder

Answer

stairs

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driveway

Question 22

Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?

Accepted Answer

a mother pushes a stroller up a ramp

Answer

a boy runs across a football field

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a banker counts money

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a girl eats a sandwich

Question 23

Jan is using a screwdriver, which is a type of ...

Accepted Answer

a wheel and axle

Answer

a pulley

Answer

a screw

Answer

a lever

Question 24

Which is a characteristic of a simple machine?

Accepted Answer

They have few or no moving parts.

Answer

They run on electricity.

Answer

They take a long time to make.

Answer

They are not very large.

Question 25

Which type of simple machine would be found on the bottom of a wagon??

Accepted Answer

a wheel and axle

Answer

a pulley

Answer

a screw

Answer

a wedge

Question 26

This device

Accepted Answer

wedge

Answer

lever

Answer

incline plane

Answer

wheel and axle

Question 27

This device

Accepted Answer

lever

Answer

wedge

Answer

incline plane

Answer

wheel and axle

Question 28

Stairs

Accepted Answer

inclined plane

Answer

wedge

Answer

pulley

Answer

wheel and axle

Question 29

A fishing pole is an example of a compound machine. What simple machines are used to make up this compound machine?

Accepted Answer

lever, wheel and axle, pulley

Answer

wheel and axle, inclined plane, pulley

Answer

wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane

Question 30

A wheelbarrow is an example of

Accepted Answer

Second Class Lever

Answer

First Class Lever

Answer

Third Class Lever

Answer

Fourth Class Lever

Question 31

In a first class lever, the _____ is in the middle.

Accepted Answer

Fulcrum

Answer

Effort

Answer

Load

Answer

Machine

Question 32

In a second class lever, the ______ is in the middle.

Accepted Answer

Load

Answer

Effort

Answer

Fulcrum

Answer

Machine

Question 33

In third class levers, the ______ is in the middle.

Accepted Answer

Effort

Answer

Fulcrum

Answer

Load

Question 34

Which simple machine is really a modified version of the inclined plane?

Accepted Answer

Wedge

Answer

Pulley

Answer

Lever

Answer

I don't know

Question 35

The flag pole mechanism is an example of which simple machine?

Accepted Answer

Pulley

Answer

Inclined Plane

Answer

Lever

Answer

Wedge

Question 36

Which of the following does a simple machine NOT do?

Accepted Answer

Change the amount of work that needs to be done

Answer

Increase the force applied

Answer

Increase the distance the force is applied over

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Change the direction the force is applied

Question 37

Name this simple machine.

Accepted Answer

Inclined Plane

Answer

Lever

Answer

Pulley

Answer

Wedge

Question 38

Name this simple machine.

Accepted Answer

Lever

Answer

Pulley

Answer

Wheel and Axle

Answer

Inclined Plane

Question 39

Name this simple machine.

Accepted Answer

Pulley

Answer

Lever

Answer

Wedge

Answer

Inclined Plane

Question 40

The door knob and rod make up which simple machine?

Accepted Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

lever

Answer

pulley

Answer

screw

Question 41

The bottle cap is an example of which simple machine?

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

wedge

Answer

lever

Question 42

A machine with two or more simple machines that work as one is called a?

Accepted Answer

compound machine

Answer

simple machine

Answer

<p>compound</p>

Answer

complex machine

Question 43

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

lever

Question 44

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

screw

Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Question 45

This hand drill is an example of which simple machine at work?

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

wedge

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

wheel and axle

Question 46

The man is using which simple machine to enable him to lift 200 km?

Accepted Answer

pulley

Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

wedge

Answer

screw

Question 47

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

inlined plane

Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Answer

screw

Question 48

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

screw

Answer

wedge

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

pulley

Question 49

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

lever

Answer

pulley

Answer

screw

Answer

inlined plane

Question 50

This is an example of what simple machine?

Accepted Answer

wedge

Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

pulley

Answer

screw

Question 51

A playground slide is an example of which simple machine?

Accepted Answer

inclined plane

Answer

pulley

Answer

wedge

Answer

screw

Question 52

The boy is able to move his heavy load by using which simple machine?

Accepted Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

lever

Answer

screw

Answer

inclined plane

Question 53

This mouse is using which simple machine to chop down a tree?

Accepted Answer

wedge

Answer

wheel and axle

Answer

inclined plane

Answer

pulley

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