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Simple Machines

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It's a double inclined plane.

a)

Inclined plane

b)

Wedge

c)

Pulley

d)

Bottle opener

2.

It's a wheel rigidly fixed to an axle.

a)

Pulley

b)

Tire

c)

Wedge

d)

Wheel and axle

3.

It's a rigid bar that is free to rotate about a point called fulcrum.

a)

Wedge

b)

Lever

c)

Pulley

d)

Screw

4.

It's a wheel that turns readily on an axle.

a)

Pulley

b)

Bicycle

c)

Screw

d)

Wheel and axle

5.

It's an inclined plane wound around a cylinder.

a)

Lever

b)

Screw

c)

Wedge

d)

Pulley

6.

Simple machines may be classified into 2 groups: _____ and _____.

a)

pulleys and wheels and axles

b)

wedges and levers

c)

inclined planes and screws

d)

levers and inclined planes

7.

A _____ is any device that makes doing work easier.

a)

replica

b)

prototype

c)

model

d)

machine

8.

_____ can do more difficult jobs than simple machines alone.

a)

Compound machines

b)

Double machines

c)

Multiplex machines

d)

Binary machines

9.

A compound machine or _____ machine has two or more simple machines working together to make work easiwer.

a)

complementary

b)

stuffed

c)

complex

d)

convoluted

10.

The _____ is a device that allows us to increase the height of an object without lifting it vertically.

a)

crane

b)

pulley

c)

inclined plane

d)

screw

11.

Which of the following is NOT a simple machine?

a)

wedge

b)

screw

c)

pulley

d)

scissors

12.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using a machine?

a)

They make doing work easier.

b)

They have few or no moving parts.

c)

They change the distance over which the force is exerted to do work.

d)

They change the direction of the force used to do work.

13.

Which of the following is an inclined plane?

a)

Bicycle

b)

Pulley

c)

Wheel and axle

d)

Screw