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Unit 5 - Machines

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is Archimedes' screw. Is it a simple machine or a complex machine?

a)

simple machine

b)

complex machine

2.

What machine is this?

a)

steam engine

b)

microwave

c)

washing machine

d)

telegraph

3.

Is this a simple machine or a complex machine?

a)

simple machine

b)

complex machine

4.

Is this a simple machine or a complex machine?

a)

simple machine

b)

complex machine

5.

Select the simple machine.

a)

a bus

b)

a train

c)

a plane

d)

a lever

6.

What machine is this?

a)

an inclined plane

b)

a lever

c)

a pulley

d)

a knife

7.

What machine is this?

a)

scissors

b)

a lever

c)

a pulley

d)

an inclined plane

8.

This is an electric fan. Is it a simple machine or a complex machine?

a)

simple machine

b)

complex machine

9.

What type of machine is it?

a)

Simple

b)

Complex

10.

What type of simple machine is it?

a)

Lever

b)

Pulley

c)

Inclined plane

11.

What type of simple machine is it?

a)

Lever

b)

Pulley

c)

Inclined plane

12.

What type of simple machine is it?

a)

Lever

b)

Pulley

c)

Inclined plane

13.

What type of machine is it?

a)

Simple

b)

Complex

14.

What is this?

a)

Wedge

b)

Pulley

c)

Lever

d)

Inclined plane

15.
This is an example of what simple machine?
a)
wedge
b)
screw
c)
inclined plane
d)
pulley
16.

WHAT SIMPLE MACHINE IS IT?

a)

PULLEY

b)

WHEEL

c)

LEVER

d)

RAMP

17.
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.
18.

What simple machine can be used to cut things ?

a)

Lever

b)

Pulley

c)

Wedge

d)

Screw

19.

This picture is an example of a _________.

a)

pulley

b)

wedge

c)

wheel and axle

d)

screw

20.

Which one of these is not complex machine?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

Can you name this simple machine?

a)

wheel and axle

b)

lever

c)

pulley

d)

wedge

22.

A complex machine ...

a)

doesn´t exist.

b)

is a machine very difficult to create.

c)

is a machine very difficult to use.

d)

is the combination of one or more simple machines together.

23.

This complex machine has a pulley.

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

A wheelbarrow is an example of a complex machine. Which simple machine is NOT found in this object?

a)

lever

b)

wedge

c)

wheel and axle

25.

Which one of this is a simple machine?

a)
b)
c)
d)