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What simple machine am I?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

A golf ball moves horizontally across a plane, picking up speed as it decreases in height before striking dominoes. What kind of simple machine was used?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Wheel & Axle

e)

Wedge

2.

A partition is removed from a pathway, allowing objects on side of the path to move to the other side of the path freely. What simple machine was blocking the way?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Wheel & Axle

e)

Wedge

3.

A marble falls into a hole, but it finds that it rotates along a pathway on the edge of the hole. The marble continues to roll, picking up speed. At the end, it falls out of the bottom and lands on a ramp, changing direction. What kind of simple machine was used to move the marble?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Wheel & Axle

e)

Wedge

4.

Two weights of equal mass hang suspended in balance, connected by some kind of matter that keeps them balanced. When a toy car rolls onto one of the weights from a sloping platform, that weight falls, causing the opposite weight to climb upwards and begin a domino chain reaction. What kind of simple machine was hung in balance and moved when the weight changed?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wedge

5.

Two weights of equal mass hang suspended in balance, connected by some kind of matter that keeps them balanced. When a toy car rolls onto one of the weights from a sloping platform, that weight falls, causing the opposite weight to climb upwards and begin a domino chain reaction. What kind of simple machine was attached to the bottom of the toy car, causing it to move towards the weight when gravity affected it?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wedge

6.

Two weights of equal mass hang suspended in balance, connected by some kind of matter that keeps them balanced. When a toy car rolls onto one of the weights from a sloping platform, that weight falls, causing the opposite weight to climb upwards and begin a domino chain reaction. What kind of simple machine did the toy car travel on towards the hanging weights?

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wedge

7.

When more mass is applied to one side of the plane, the plane is now off balance, causing the side with lower mass to raise into the air, releasing the next step of the Rube Goldberg machine. What is this simple machine?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Wheel & Axle

e)

Wedge

8.

A small piece of wood hangs off the edge of a lever. Underneath it, Mentos are dropped into Diet Coke. When the chemical reaction begins, liquid and foam are spewed upwards, striking the underside of the wood, causing it to lift up and pushing the golf ball off it and onto the nearby track, where it travels down and gains speed. Which simple machine is the piece of wood?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wedge

9.

A small piece of wood hangs off the edge of a lever. Underneath it, Mentos are dropped into Diet Coke. When the chemical reaction begins, liquid and foam are spewed upwards, striking the underside of the wood, causing it to lift up and pushing the golf ball off it and onto the nearby track, where it travels down and gains speed. Which simple machine is the track?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wedge

10.

Marbles enter a funnel-like device, and at the end, they shoot out at a prearranged location. This location hits a spoon covered circular device that spins around a fixed point when the marble strikes the spoon. This spoon moves, causing an attached device to activate based on a pulled string. What is the simple machine we are referring to here?

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Inclined Plane

d)

Pulley

e)

Wheel and Axle