Simple Machines Vocabulary

a type of fastener with a ridge wrapped around a cylinder

• unbalanced force

• screw

• wedge

tools that make work easier

• simple machines

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

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a piece of material that is thick at one end and tapered to a thin edge at the other

• lever

• screw

• Wedge

a circular object that moves around a fixed point; used to move heavy objects

• wheel and axle

• pulley

• screw

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a flat surface set at an angle

• lever

• balanced force

• incline plane

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device that makes work easier, often by reducing the amount of effort force needed to move an object

• simple machine

• pulley

• load

• force

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a device consisting of a wheel over which a rope or chain is pulled in order to lift heavy objects; a simple machine

• load

• inclined planes

• pulley

• force

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a ramp or slope that reduces the forces needed to move objects up and down heights ; a sample machine

• load

• inclined planes

• movable pulley

• force

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A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a rope or chain used to lift objects.

• Pulley

• Lever

• Inclined Plane

• Screw

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Which simple machine is used to split or cut objects apart?

• Wheel and Axle

• Wedge

• Pulley

• Lever