WorksheetsSimple Machines
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Work?
When a force is used to move an object.
A device that reduces the amount of effort force needed to do work by increasing the distance that the force is applied.
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
A grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
What is a Simple Machine?
A device that reduces the amount of effort force needed to do work by increasing the distance that the force is applied.
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
A grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
A sloping surface (like a ramp) that reduces the amount of force required to move an object/load.
What is a Levers
A device that reduces the amount of effort force needed to do work by increasing the distance that the force is applied.
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
When a force is used to move an object.
A grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
What is a Pulleys
A grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
A device that reduces the amount of effort force needed to do work by increasing the distance that the force is applied.
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
When a force is used to move an object.
What is a Inclined Plane
When a force is used to move an object.
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
A sloping surface that reduces the amount of force required to move an object/load.
A device that reduces the amount of effort force needed to do work by increasing the distance that the force is applied.
Made up of two
cylinders that
turn on the same
axis
Inclined Plane
Wheel and Axle
Lever
Screw
describe a Screw
Made up of an inclined
plane wrapped around a
post
Made up of two inclined
planes
Made up of a slanted surface
A tool that helps people
do work by changing a
force
What is NOT a wedge
Made up of a stiff bar that moves freely on a fixed point
Made up of two inclined
planes
Shaped like a v
Changes the direction
of a force
A rigid bar or board that is free to move around a fixed point called a ________.
wedge
fulcrum
Work
Pulley
