Simple Machine

Simple machines make work easier.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A door stop is an example of a

• Screw

• Wedge

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

What do you call a machine made up of two or more simple machines?

• complicated machine

• compound machine

• comprehensive machine

• constructed machine

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Stairs

• wedge

• pulley

• inclined plane

• wheel and axle

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What type of simple machine is this?

• wheel and axle

• gear

• lever

• inclined plane

What is the fixed point upon which a lever rotates?

• fulton

• fulcrum

• furmen

• falcon

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

• pushing a heavy load

• lifting a heavy load

• dividing a heavy load

• holding a small load

What is a screw?

• means attracted to a magnet

• an inclined plane that is wrapped around an axle

• stiff bar that rests on a fulcrum

• made of 2 inclined planes that are back to back

A tool with few or no moving parts that makes work easier by changing the size, direction, speed or distance of a force.

• simple machine

• compound machine

A machine with grooves that winds round and round in a spiral is a

• pulley

• screw

• wedge

• lever