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Simple Machines and Work Ultimate Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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 has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?
a)
Pulley
b)
lever
c)
screw
d)
wedge
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
A push or pull that can move an object is a
a)
fulcrum
b)
force
c)
machine
d)
lever
8.
What is the fixed point where a lever turns or pivots?
a)
load
b)
work
c)
fulcrum
d)
screw
9.
What is anything that makes work easier called?
a)
screw
b)
wedge
c)
force
d)
machine
10.
A machine with few or no moving parts is called a ______.
a)
machine
b)
compound machine
c)
simple machine
d)
work
11.
This picture is an example of a _________.
a)
pulley
b)
wedge
c)
wheel and axle
d)
screw
12.
Which of the following objects is NOT compound machine?
a)
scissors
b)
thumb tack
c)
light bulb
d)
screw
13.
Which of these is an example of a wedge?
a)
skateboard
b)
broom
c)
stairs
d)
butter knife
14.
Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?
a)
ladder
b)
stairs
c)
wall
d)
driveway
15.
Jan is using a screwdriver to insert a screw.  The screwdriver is being used as
a)
a pulley
b)
a screw
c)
a lever
d)
a wheel and axle
16.
Which is a characteristic of simple machines?
a)
they run on electricity
b)
they take a long time to make
c)
they have few or not moving parts
d)
they are not very large
17.
Which type of simple machine would be found on the bottom of a wagon?
a)
a pulley
b)
a screw
c)
a wedge
d)
a wheel and axle
18.
What two parts might make a pulley?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
wheel and wire
c)
wheel and screw
d)
wheel and fulcrum
19.
Which  simple machine is found on the head of an ax?
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
pulley
d)
screw
20.
The door knob and rod make up which simple machine?
a)
lever
b)
pulley
c)
screw
d)
wheel and axle
21.
This is an example of what simple machine?
a)
pulley
b)
lever
c)
screw
d)
inlined plane
22.
This is an example of what simple machine?
a)
pulley
b)
wedge
c)
inlined plane
d)
screw
23.
The man is using which simple machine to enable him to lift 200 km?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
pulley
c)
wedge
d)
screw
24.

Force is measured with a _________________

a)

barometer

b)

hygrometer

c)

spring scale

d)

meter stick

25.

The unit of measure for force is _____________

a)

meters

b)

joules

c)

miles per hour

d)

newtons

26.

The unit of measure for work is_____________.

a)

meters

b)

joules

c)

newtons

d)

millibars

27.

True or False. The formula for work is Work = Force x Distance (W= F x D).

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Work is done when .....

a)

a force is exerted on an object.

b)

an object exerts force onto another object.

c)

a force is exerted on an object causing the object to move.

d)

an object does not move.

29.

How much work was done when a force of 12 newtons was applied to an object and the object move 2 meters?

a)

14 Joules

b)

24 Joules

c)

14 Newtons

d)

24 Newtons

30.

If you needed to use a lever to move a heavy object, where is the best place to place the load?

a)

next to where the force is applied

b)

directly under the fulcrum

c)

opposite end of the fulcrum

d)

near the fulcrum.

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