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Simple machines

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cranes are different pieces of construction equipment because of their most basic...

a)

levers

b)

function

c)

pulley

d)

shape and size

2.

Cranes do not require

a)

Other machinery

b)

power

c)

function

d)

drivers

3.

A cranes is a machine that is used for

(a)  

4.

Without cranes, we wouldn't have certain structures such as...

(a)  

5.

Simple machines are basic tools, usually without moving parts that make it easier to do work. Levers and fulcrums, the most basic simple machine, date back thousands of years. Cranes use the same basic principle to help move heavy loads. The long arms are known as....

a)

fulcrum

b)

claws

c)

levers

d)

functions

6.

The center pin of the crane is known as...

a)

lever

b)

head

c)

center

d)

fulcrum

7.

The load being lifted is the....

a)

resistance force

b)

nail

c)

mechanical advantage

d)

fulcrum

8.

Cranes work by using ..... to change the direction of the force needed to lift a loaf and to distribute that force over a greater distance.

a)

mechanical advantage

b)

pulley system

c)

oil

d)

steam

9.

Type of pulley systems...

a)

lever

b)

compound

c)

fixed

d)

moveable

10.

Small Sally Trumphethouse loves adventure so one day, without adult supervision, Sally drove up the mountain on her bicycle. On that day, Sally forgot to put down her bicycle stand and the bicycle went tumbling down the mountain and landed in a deep hole with small rocks a top of it. Do you think a crane is suitable to help Sally in her situation?

a)

No

b)

Yes