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WorksheetsSimple Machines - Definitions & Examples
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What type of simple machine is a water bottle cap?
Screw
Wedge
Lever
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a light bulb?
Screw
Wedge
Lever
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a flight of stairs?
Inclined Plane
Wheel and Axle
Lever
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a slide?
Inclined Plane
Wheel and Axle
Lever
Pulley
What type of simple machine is an ax?
Wedge
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a knife?
Wedge
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a seesaw?
Lever
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Inclined Plane
What type of simple machine is a wheelbarrow?
Lever
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Inclined Plane
What type of simple machine is a doorknob?
Pulley
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Inclined Plane
What type of simple machine is a Ferris wheel?
Pulley
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Inclined Plane
What type of simple machine does a flagpole use?
Pulley
Wheel and Axle
Lever
Wedge
What type of simple machine does a window shade use?
Pulley
Wheel and Axle
Lever
Wedge
What type of simple machine is a flat, slanted surface that works like a ramp?
Inclined Plane
Screw
Pulley
Lever
What type of simple machine is a pair of inclined planes attached back-to-back and is used to force things apart?
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Wedge
Pulley
What type of simple machine is a spiral wrapped around a center post and can lift objects or hold two objects together?
Wheel and Axle
Screw
Inclined Plane
Lever
What type of simple machine is a bar that pivots or turns on a fixed point called a fulcrum?
Wheel and Axle
Wedge
Inclined Plane
Lever
What type of simple machine is a wheel that is used with a cord or rope and when its pulled downward, the other end lifts upward?
Screw
Wedge
Inclined Plane
Pulley
What type of simple machine is made up of a wheel with a rod attached to it, called an axle?
Screw
Wedge
Inclined Plane
Wheel and Axle
