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WorksheetsSimple Machines
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What simple machine can be used to split things apart and also it can hold open a door?
a)
Lever
b)
Pulley
c)
Wedge
d)
Screw
2.
What simple machine holds things together?
a)
Wedge
b)
Screw
c)
Lever
d)
Pulley
3.
What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?
a)
Pulley
b)
lever
c)
screw
d)
wedge
4.
What simple machine has a wheel with a groove on it that keeps a rope in place?
a)
pulley
b)
lever
lever
lever
c)
screw
wedge
wedge
d)
wedge
screw
screw
5.
Which simple machine is made up of two parts and can be found on bikes, wagons and wheelbarrows?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
inclined plane
c)
lever
d)
screw
6.
Which simple machine doesn't move and a heavy object can be rolled or pushed up this machine?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
inclined plane
c)
wedge
d)
screw
7.
What kind of work is made easier by the wheels of this object?
a)
pushing a heavy load
b)
lifting a heavy load
c)
dividing a heavy load
d)
holding a small load
8.
What type of simple machine are these people using to move the wheel chair into the school bus?
a)
lever
b)
wedge
c)
inclined plane
d)
pulley
9.
A push or pull that can move an object is a
a)
fulcrum
b)
force
c)
machine
d)
lever
10.
What is the fixed point where a lever turns or pivots?
a)
load
b)
work
c)
fulcrum
d)
screw
11.
What is anything that makes work easier called?
a)
screw
b)
wedge
c)
force
d)
machine
12.
A machine with few or no moving parts is called a ______.
a)
machine
b)
compound machine
c)
simple machine
d)
work
13.
This picture is an example of a _________.
a)
pulley
b)
wedge
c)
wheel and axle
d)
screw
14.
Which of the following objects is NOT compound machine?
a)
scissors
b)
thumb tack
c)
light bulb
d)
screw
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