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WorksheetsSimple machines
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?
a)
ladder
b)
stairs
c)
wall
d)
driveway
2.
Which is a characteristic of a simple machine?
a)
They run on electricity.
b)
They take a long time to make.
c)
They have few or no moving parts.
d)
They are not very large.
3.
Which is not a type of simple machine?
a)
spring
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
wedge
4.
work is...
a)
energy from the sun
b)
a type of machine
c)
a force that moves an object
d)
a force that pulls you toward the earh
5.
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
6.
What simple machine holds things together?
a)
Wedge
b)
Screw
c)
Lever
d)
Pulley
7.
What simple machine has a fulcrum and can be used to lift a weight?
a)
Pulley
b)
lever
c)
screw
d)
wedge
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
A push or pull that can move an object is a
a)
fulcrum
b)
force
c)
machine
d)
lever
13.
What is the fixed point where a lever turns or pivots?
a)
load
b)
work
c)
fulcrum
d)
screw
14.
A machine with few or no moving parts is called a ______.
a)
machine
b)
compound machine
c)
simple machine
d)
work
15.
Which of the following objects is NOT compound machine?
a)
scissors
b)
thumb tack
c)
light bulb
d)
screw
16.
Which is not a type of simple machines?
a)
spring
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
wedge
17.
A ramp.
a)
Lever
b)
Inclined Plane
c)
Wedge
d)
Screw
18.
Mechanical Advantage: To drive objects apart.
a)
Pulley
b)
Inclined Plane
c)
Wedge
d)
Wheel and Axle
19.
What type of simple machine is shown here?
a)
Pulley
b)
Wheel and Axle
c)
Lever
d)
Wedge
20.
Mechanical Advantage: To reduce the friction of moving something.
a)
Lever
b)
Inclined Plane
c)
Screw
d)
Wheel and Axle
21.
Something similar to a see-saw that can lift an object.
a)
Wedge
b)
Screw
c)
Lever
d)
Wheel and Axle
22.
Mechanical Advantage: To move objects to a greater height.
a)
Pulley
b)
Wedge
c)
Lever
d)
Inclined Plane
23.
Mechanical Advantage: To hold things together or to lift an object.
a)
Screw
b)
Pulley
c)
Wedge
d)
Wheel and Axle
24.
Something that can split an object apart.
a)
Wedge
b)
Pulley
c)
Screw
d)
Wheel and Axle
25.
Something that reduces the friction of moving something.
a)
Pulley
b)
Screw
c)
Wheel and Axle
d)
Wedge
26.
What kind of simple machine is this?
a)
Screw
b)
Wheel and Axle
c)
Pulley
d)
Inclined Plane
27.
What type of simple machine is this?
a)
Wheel and Axle
b)
Wedge
c)
Inclined Plane
d)
Screw
28.
All simple machines help make work _________.
a)
harder
b)
smaller
c)
lighter
d)
easier
29.
Simple machines can change the amount of_______ needed to do work.
a)
gravity
b)
people
c)
force
d)
pulley
30.
This type of simple machine has a slanted surface.
a)
wedge
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
inclined plane
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