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Worksheetssimple machine
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 54mins
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Class
Date
1.
A simple machine is a device that helps to reduce the amount of _____ required to work.
a)
force
b)
energy
c)
work
2.
____ is done when a force is applied over a distance.
a)
energy
b)
work
c)
force
3.
A fishing pole is an example of a compound machine. What simple machines are used to make up this compound machine?
a)
lever, wheel and axle, pulley
b)
wheel and axle, inclined plane, pulley
c)
wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane
4.
Stairs
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
5.
This device
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
6.
This device
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
7.
Lightbulb
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
incline plane
d)
screw
8.
Name this simple machine.
a)
Lever
b)
Wedge
c)
Pulley
d)
Inclined Plane
9.
Name this simple machine.
a)
Wheel and Axle
b)
Lever
c)
Pulley
d)
Wedge
10.
Name this simple machine.
a)
Inclined Plane
b)
Lever
c)
Pulley
d)
Wedge
11.
What type of simple machines does the photo show?
a)
Lever and wedge
b)
Inclined Plane and lever
c)
Pulley and wedge
d)
Lever and screw
12.
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
13.
What simple machine holds things together?
a)
Wedge
b)
Screw
c)
Lever
d)
Pulley
14.
What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?
a)
Pulley
b)
lever
c)
screw
d)
wedge
15.
What simple machine has a wheel with a groove on it that keeps a rope in place?
a)
pulley
b)
lever
lever
lever
c)
screw
wedge
wedge
d)
wedge
screw
screw
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
A push or pull that can move an object is a
a)
fulcrum
b)
force
c)
machine
d)
lever
21.
What is the fixed point where a lever turns or pivots?
a)
load
b)
work
c)
fulcrum
d)
screw
22.
What is anything that makes work easier called?
a)
screw
b)
wedge
c)
force
d)
machine
23.
A machine with few or no moving parts is called a ______.
a)
machine
b)
compound machine
c)
simple machine
d)
work
24.
This picture is an example of a _________.
a)
pulley
b)
wedge
c)
wheel and axle
d)
screw
25.
Which of the following objects is NOT compound machine?
a)
scissors
b)
thumb tack
c)
light bulb
d)
screw
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