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How well do you know about Lever??

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first to discover the principle of lever?

(a)  

2.

When did this person discover this principle?

a)

I have no idea

b)

Dinosaur ages

c)

300 BC

d)

third century BC

3.

What are the parts of a lever?

a)

Beam

b)

Fulcrum

c)

Effort arm

d)

Resistance Arm

e)

All of the above

4.

What does the principle of lever state?

a)

Load*Load Arm = Effort*Effort Arm

b)

Load/Effort = Effort arm/Load arm

c)

Resistance x force + effort will be equal always

d)

All of the above

5.

Select examples/example of 3rd class lever:

a)

tweezers

b)

Wheel barrow

c)

Ice tongs

d)

Fishing rod

e)

Spoon

6.

What is the position of the parts of a lever in the 1st class lever?

a)

The Fulcrum is located between the Load and the Force.

b)

The Force is between the Load and the Fulcrum.

c)

The Load is between the Force and the Fulcrum.

7.

Name the examples of a class 2 lever

a)

wheelbarrows, staplers, bottle openers, nut cracker, and nail clippers.

b)

see-saws, crow bars, hammer claws, scissors, pliers, and boat oars.

c)

shovels, fishing rods, human arms and legs, tweezers, and ice tongs.

d)

Wheelbarrows, shovels, pliers

8.

Name a lever you use in your day to day life

4 lines
9.

If an effort of 23 kgf is applied on a machine to move a load of 184 kgf, the mechanical advantage will be 8. (True or false)

(a)  

10.

What kind of lever is this?

a)

1st class lever

b)

2nd class lever

c)

3rd class lever

11.

For a lever to be a first class lever the fulcrum needs to be ..

a)

on the same side as the load arm.

b)

between the load and the effort

c)

on one side and the load and effort on the other side

12.

This is the fixed point that a lever pivots around

(a)  

13.

The nutcracker is the example of 1st class lever. True or false.

a)

True!

b)

No, False!

14.

Check your knowledge!

Is Spoon a first class lever?

true or false?

(a)  

15.

What class lever is this?

3rd/2nd/1st (please type in this format)

(a)