Worksheetssimple machines
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which simple machine is used in a wheelchair?
a)
ramp
b)
pulley
c)
wheel and axle
2.
What RAMP you can find on a playground?
a)
slide
b)
swing
c)
seesaw
3.
Which tools are parts of a pulley?
a)
inclined plane
b)
ramp and slide
c)
a rope and a wheel
4.
What is a lever?
a)
a metal that bends
b)
a bar on a rod set up on a fulcrum
c)
a pulley
5.
This simple machines is...
a)
a lever
b)
a pulley
c)
an inclined plane
d)
a wedge
6.
This simple machine is...
a)
a lever
b)
an inclined plane
c)
a wheel and axle
d)
a screw
7.
There are ___________ simple machines.
a)
4
b)
5
c)
1
d)
6
8.
Machines make our lives ______________.
a)
more difficult.
b)
easier.
c)
happy.
d)
sad.
9.
This machine is ...
a)
a screw.
b)
an inclined plane.
c)
a wedge
d)
a lever
10.
This machine is...
a)
an inclined plane.
b)
a lever.
c)
a wedge.
d)
a pulley.
11.
Often used to hold things together.
a)
inclined plane
b)
screw
12.
-object with a sharp edge
-helps spread or cut something
-helps spread or cut something
a)
wedge
b)
wheel and axle
13.
Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?
a)
a boy runs across a football field
b)
a banker counts money
c)
a mother pushes a stroller up a ramp
d)
a girl eats a sandwich
14.
Flagpole
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
15.
Bicycle
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
16.
Stairs
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
17.
A fishing pole is an example of a compound machine. What simple machines are used to make up this compound machine?
a)
lever, wheel and axle, pulley
b)
wheel and axle, inclined plane, pulley
c)
wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane
18.
Work is
a)
energy from the sun
b)
a force that moves an object
c)
a type of machine
d)
a force that pulls you towards the Earth
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