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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
An example of this simple machine is the ramp. What is it?
Inclined Plane
Wheel & Axle
Screw
Lever
Give two examples of simple machines that work on bicycles.
Pulley
Wheel & Axle
Wedge
Lever
Screw
Simple Machines were first described by the Greek Mathematician (a)
Mechanisms with one or more simple machines are called what?
Compound Machines
Complex Machines
Continuation Machines
Cordillera Machines
Coordinated Machines
Wedges are two inclined planes angled inside toward one another. What are two examples of wedges?
Screw Driver
Knife
Potato Wedges
Doorstop
High Heels
What Branch of Science covers the application of simple machines?
(a)
In pulleys, what do you wrap the rope around in order to be able to pull weights?
Wheel
Gear
Globe
Axle
(a) are the Basic foundation of all man made mechanical inventions.
A screw has an inclined plane, known as the thread, wrapped around a cylindrical surface. These come in many shapes and sizes. Give three examples.
Lightbulb
Screwdriver
Bottlecaps
Wrench
Bolts
Archimedes first described simple machines in the time of Ancient Greece. How long ago was this?
20 000 years ago
20 years ago
2000 years ago
200 years later
2 years ago
