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Machines and Mechanisms - Grade 4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a gear?

a)

A gear is a wheel with a groove on its edge.

b)

A gear is a wheel with teeth on its edge.

c)

A gear is a heart-shaped wheel.

d)

All of the above

2.

Which of the following is an example of a can opener?

a)

Pulley

b)

Gear

3.

What is a window blind an example of?

a)

Pulley

b)

Gear

4.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Fixed pulley

b)

Movable pulley

5.

There are many...in a clock.

a)

Pulley

b)

Gear

6.

An elevator includes the following:

a)

Gear

b)

Pulley

c)

Both gear and pulley

7.

What is it called when two or more gears work together?

a)

Gear machine

b)

Gear trolley

c)

Gear system

d)

Gear train

8.

What type of gear is this?

a)

Spur gear

b)

Bevel gear

c)

Worm gear

d)

Gear train

9.

In which direction does the output gear (green gear) rotate?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Counterclockwise

10.

Which direction is the input gear (red gear) rotating?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Counterclockwise

11.

Which gear needs to move faster?

a)

Input gear - Red

b)

Output gear - Green

12.

A spur gear refers to when two gears are connected in a plane.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

13.

Which gear meshes with another gear at an angle?

a)

Spur gear

b)

Bevel gear

c)

Rack and pinion

d)

Crown gear

14.

What kind of simple machine is this?

a)

Screw

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Gear

d)

Wedge

15.

What kind of simple machine is this?

a)

Screw

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Gear

d)

Wedge

16.

What kind of simple machine is this?

a)

Inclined plane

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Wedge

d)

Lever

17.

What kind of simple machine is this?

a)

Screw

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Gear

d)

Wedge

18.

What is this?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Pulley

d)

Inclined plane

19.

A complex machine contains one or more simple machines.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This is an example of a compound machine.

a)

Yes

b)

No

21.

This is an example of a compound machine.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A flagpole is an example of __________.

a)

gear

b)

pulley

c)

wheel and axle

d)

lever

23.

Which of the following is NOT a gear that we learned?

a)

Spur gear

b)

Pulley gear

c)

Worm gear

d)

Bevel gear

24.

What type of simple machine is a clothesline?

a)

Pulley

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Inclined plane

25.

What is something that is lifted or carried?

a)

Friction

b)

Force

c)

Effort

d)

Load