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Simple Machines

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of simple machine is found on a water bottle cap?

a)

Lever

b)

Wheel and axle

c)

Pulley

d)

Screw

2.

What is an example of a wheel and axle?

a)

Shovel

b)

Seesaw

c)

Water faucet knob

d)

Crowbar

3.

Which of the following can be both a lever and a wedge?

a)

Scissors

b)

Broom

c)

Knife

d)

Pin

4.

Which simple machine is made of rigid or strong bar that is free to move at a fixed point?

a)

lever

b)

wedge

c)

pulley

d)

wheel and axle

5.

Which simple machine is use to reduce friction and to allow moving of object using lesser force?

a)

lever

b)

wedge

c)

wheel and axle

d)

inclined plane

6.

Knives, nails, chisels, and needles are examples of what kind of simple machine?

a)

wedge

b)

lever

c)

pulley

d)

screw

7.

Mother used the a spoon to open a can of biscuits. How was the spoon used?

a)

as a screw

b)

as a lever

c)

an an inclined plane

d)

as a pulley

8.

Wheel and axle are important to us because it helps our work easier and faster. Which of the following belongs to Wheel and axle?

a)

Axe and blade

b)

Wheel barrow and bottle opener

c)

ramp slope

d)

Bicycle, gears, doorknob

9.

Which simple machine is described as an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft, creating grooves?

a)

screw

b)

pulley

c)

wedge

d)

wheel and axle

10.

Elevator as to pulley while escalator as to:__________

a)

wedge

b)

lever

c)

pulley

d)

inclined plane