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Simple Machines - Definitions & Examples

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of simple machine is a water bottle cap?

a)

Screw

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Pulley

2.

What type of simple machine is a light bulb?

a)

Screw

b)

Wedge

c)

Lever

d)

Pulley

3.

What type of simple machine is a flight of stairs?

a)

Inclined Plane

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Lever

d)

Pulley

4.

What type of simple machine is a slide?

a)

Inclined Plane

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Lever

d)

Pulley

5.

What type of simple machine is an ax?

a)

Wedge

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Pulley

6.

What type of simple machine is a knife?

a)

Wedge

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Pulley

7.

What type of simple machine is a seesaw?

a)

Lever

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Inclined Plane

8.

What type of simple machine is a wheelbarrow?

a)

Lever

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Inclined Plane

9.

What type of simple machine is a doorknob?

a)

Pulley

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Inclined Plane

10.

What type of simple machine is a Ferris wheel?

a)

Pulley

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Screw

d)

Inclined Plane

11.

What type of simple machine does a flagpole use?

a)

Pulley

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Lever

d)

Wedge

12.

What type of simple machine does a window shade use?

a)

Pulley

b)

Wheel and Axle

c)

Lever

d)

Wedge

13.

What type of simple machine is a flat, slanted surface that works like a ramp?

a)

Inclined Plane

b)

Screw

c)

Pulley

d)

Lever

14.

What type of simple machine is a pair of inclined planes attached back-to-back and is used to force things apart?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Screw

c)

Wedge

d)

Pulley

15.

What type of simple machine is a spiral wrapped around a center post and can lift objects or hold two objects together?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Lever

16.

What type of simple machine is a bar that pivots or turns on a fixed point called a fulcrum?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Wedge

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Lever

17.

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?

a)

Screw

b)

Wedge

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

18.

What type of simple machine is made up of a wheel with a rod attached to it, called an axle?

a)

Screw

b)

Wedge

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Wheel and Axle