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Grade 6 Physics

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a simple machine?

a)

Pulley

b)

Screw

c)

Wedge

d)

Spring

2.

What type of simple machine is found on the cap of a jar?

a)

Screw

b)

Pulley

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined Plane

3.

What type of simple machine would you find on the bottom of a car?

a)

Inclined Plane

b)

Pulley

c)

Wheel and Axle

d)

Wedge

4.

Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?

a)

A boy runs across the field

b)

A girl eats her sandwich

c)

A banker counts money

d)

A man pushes his trolley up the ramp

5.

What is NOT an example of an incline plane?

a)

Wall

b)

Ladder

c)

Stairs

d)

Driveway

6.

Which of these is an example of a wedge?

a)

Knife

b)

Stairs

c)

Skateboard

d)

Broom

7.

What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?

a)

Pulley

b)

Lever

c)

Wedge

d)

Incline

8.

What type of simple machine are these people using to move the wheel chair into the school bus?

a)

Lever

b)

Inclined plane

c)

Pulley

d)

Wedge

9.

How can the lever be balanced?

a)

Add weight to the right side

b)

Move fulcrum right

c)

Add weight to the left side

d)

Move the heavier weight back

10.
A machine multiplies your effort force by 3 times.  What does the number 3 represent?
a)
force
b)
mechanical advantage
c)
distance
d)
work
11.
What is the fixed point around which a lever is free to turn?
a)
fulcrum
b)
resistance
c)
effort
d)
lever
12.
A wheelbarrow, pulley, and wedge are all examples of what?
a)
levers
b)
inclined planes
c)
wheel and axel
d)
simple machines
13.
What kind of simple machine is a wheelchair ramp?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
pulley
c)
wedge
d)
inclined planes
14.
A flat sloping surface that connects lower and higher elevations. It makes raising objects easier.  
a)
wedge
b)
screw
c)
lever
d)
inclined plane 
15.
An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine 
a)
lever
b)
pulley
c)
screw
d)
wedge 
16.
A simple machine that consists a rigid bar that pivot about a fixed point
a)
lever
b)
pulley
c)
wheel and axle
d)
fulcrum 
17.
An axe is an example of a
a)
pulley
b)
inclined plane
c)
screw
d)
wedge 
18.
A seesaw is an example of a  
a)
wedge
b)
lever 
c)
inclined plane 
d)
pulley 
19.
A device that has two or more simple machines working together 
a)
fulcrum 
b)
pulley
c)
compound (complex) machine 
d)
motor 
20.
Stairs
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
21.
Lightbulb
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
incline plane
d)
screw
22.
This device
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
23.
What type of simple machine is this?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
gear
c)
lever
d)
inclined plane

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