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WorksheetsSimple Machines - types and function
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is a simple machine?
A. An electrical device that makes work easier
B. A mechanical device that makes work easier
C. a machine that makes work easier
A simple machine that pivots at a point, is called a:
A. Lever
B. Fulcrum
C. Pulley
Which simple machine is made by joining two incline plane at right angle to each other?
A. Lever
B. Wedge
C. A ramp
What am I? I am comprised of a grooved wheel, with a cord looped around me.
A. Pulley
B. Gears
C. Wheel and axle
I am a smooth disc connected to a shaft, which simple machine am I?
A. Pulley
B. Gears
C. Wheel and axle
I am a slanted surface used to raise a load. What type of simple machine am I?
A. Pulley
B. Wedge
C. Inclined plane
I am a slanted surface, wrapped around a pole in a spiral. What type of simple machine am I?
A. Incline plane
B. Screw
C. Wedge
Can openers, ice tongs, scissors, wheel burrows and clothes pins are examples of this type simple machine?
(a)
Door knobs, ferris wheel and car steering are examples of:
A. gears
B. wheel and axle
C. pulley
Ramps, door cotch, and stairway/case are examples of :
A. Inclined plane
B. Wedge
C. Screw
Which type of simple machine am I? I am two discs with grooves/teeth on my outer edges that interlock with each other.
A. Wheels
B. Wheel and axle
C. Gear
Which of the following functions of a simple machines is illustrated in the photograph?
A. increase the distance a force moves
B. increase in the size of a force
C. decrease the speed of the force
Axe, sowing needles, ice picks and knives belong to this group of simple machine?
A. Inclined plane
B. Wedge
C. Lever
Which of the following is NOT a function of simple machines:
A. Change the size of an object
B. Change the size of a force
C. Change the direction of a force
Which of the following is a function of simple machines:
A. Change the size of an object
B. Change the size of a force
C. Change the colour of an object
The photograph shows a combined pulley. Identify the functions being carried out by this simple machine?
A. Change in the size of force applied and change in direction
B. Change in the size of force being moved and change in direction
C. Change in the speed of force applied and change in direction
