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SIMPle machines

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a pulley?

a)

A wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt.

b)

A wheel that transfers pulling energy from the person to an object. The slack rope makes the object feel easier to pull, allowing it to easily pull heavy objects up, defying gravity.

c)

A rope designed to make heavy objects be lifted up and remove air resistance from the object

d)

A seesaw

2.

What is the name given to the amount of force required to move an object (using a pulley)?

a)

Load

b)

Effort

c)

Lift

d)

Grapple

3.

How many lever classes are there?

a)

96

b)

2

c)

11

d)

3

e)

523

4.

Inclined planes form a:

a)

Hexagonal prism length to the power of 2

b)

Square

c)

Triangle

d)
e)

Rectangle

5.

Which 2 of these isn't a simple machine?

a)

Wheel & axle

b)

Screw

c)

Clock

d)

Hexagonal prism database computer with the external output monitor to the power of x with a wireless mouse LAN cable

e)

Incline plane

6.

Which of these are incline planes?

a)

Slide

b)

Ramp

c)

A plane that is falling down

d)

Diamond pickaxe

e)

Staircase

7.

What is required on each side for a pulley to work?

a)

Load & effort

b)

Downwards force & effort

c)

Luke Skywalker & Yoda

d)

Load & gravity

8.

What two parts make up a pulley?

a)

Tort cable and wire

b)

Sticks and diamonds

c)

Wheel and wire

d)

incline plane and lever

9.

What defines a simple machine?

a)

Moving parts that create a bigger machine.

b)

A device that only uses simple components to create an area of energy.

c)
d)

A device with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and force in order to perform work.

e)

Two objects forcing together to make a wheel move.

10.

Please rate this quiz on scale of 1-5

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

11.

How many simple machines are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6