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Levers Quiz - Review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
3. Which type of lever is this?
a)
First Class Lever
b)
Second Class Lever
c)
Third Class Lever
2.
6. What kind of lever is this?
a)
First Class Lever
b)
Second Class Lever
c)
Third Class Lever
3.

What type of lever

a)

First Class Lever

b)

Second Class Lever

c)

Third Class Lever

4.

What class lever does this picture show?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

5.

Which lever would be the easiest to lift the load?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

6.
WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN PARTS OF A LEVER?
a)
FOOT, EFFORT, REPORT
b)
FULCRUM, STRUCTURE, EFFORT
c)
FULCRUM, EFFORT, LOAD
7.
For a lever to be a first class lever the fulcrum needs to be ..
a)
between the load and the effort
b)
on one side and the load and effort on the other side 
c)
on the same side as the load arm. 
8.
Which type of lever would be in this image?
a)
First Class Lever
b)
Second Class Lever
c)
Third Class Lever
9.
In second class lever, the load is between the fulcrum and _______.
a)
Load
b)
Effort
c)
Stone
10.
A see saw is an example of a:
a)
1st class lever
b)
2nd class lever
c)
3rd class lever
11.
A wheelbarrow is an example of a:
a)
1st class lever
b)
2nd class lever
c)
3rd class lever
12.

What is effort (input) force?

a)

the force one exerts on a machine

b)

the force which an effort force must overcome in order to do work on an object via a simple machine.

c)

the force the machine exerts on a object

d)

the output work times the input distance

13.
if a load of a lever is 100 newtons and the force you apply is 20 newtons, what is your mechanical advantage?
a)
120 N
b)
5 N
c)
2000 N
d)
80 N
14.

Which of the lever would it take less force to lift?

a)

Lever A

b)

Lever B

15.

Which of the levers would have the largest IMA?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

16.

Which lever has the largest IMA?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

17.

Which lever has an IMA of more than one?

a)

C

b)

A

c)

B

18.

You use a lever to try and lift a rock, but you are unable to lift it. What are two ways you can adjust the lever to increase your IMA?

a)

Move the input force away from the fulcrum

b)

Move the output force closer to the fulcrum

c)

Move the input force closer to the fulcrum.

d)

Move the output force away from the fulcrum

19.

What is the IMA of this lever?

a)

3

b)

.3

c)

4

d)

.25

20.

What is the IMA of this lever?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

.5

21.

What is the IMA of the lever?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

1

22.
A sales clerk at a local hardware store sells you a hammer with a mechanical advantage of 10 when used to pry up nails. You are able to create a force of 60 N. Using the hammer, what would be the maximum force that could be generated to remove a nail?
a)
0.167 N
b)
6 N 
c)
600 N
d)
6000 N
23.
A lever and fulcrum are used to lift a fallen tree, which has a weight of 480 N. If the lever has a mechanical advantage of 5.5, what is the input force that will begin lifting the tree off the ground?
a)
5.5 N
b)
40.7 N
c)
87.3 N
d)
2640 N
24.

At what distance should a 2N load placed from the pivot so that the see saw won't move?

a)

0.2m

b)

0.5m

c)

0.45m

d)

0.42m

25.
A lever is used to raised a 12 kilograms mass with a effort that is only 4 kilograms. What is the mechanical advantage ? 
a)
12
b)
4
c)
3
d)
32
26.
A machine multiplies your effort force by 3 times.  What does the number 3 represent?
a)
force
b)
mechanical advantage
c)
distance
d)
work
27.

Compute the ideal mechanical advantage of the following lever.

(input = effort, output - resistance)

a)

0.667

b)

1.5

c)

6

d)

4

28.

A worker uses an iron bar to raise a manhole cover weighing 65N. The effort arm of the lever is 60cm long. The resistance arm is 25cm long. What is the mechanical advantage of the iron bar?

(a)  

29.

In order to move a large log at camp we use a long pole. The mechanical advantage of the pole is 8. If the log weighs 156N, what effort force is needed to lift the log?

(a)  

30.

Three of your friends are all sitting on one end of a seesaw. The combined weight is 275N. The length from the fulcrum to your friends is 2.5m. The rest of the seesaw (from fulcrum to the other end) is 4.5m. What effort force, to the nearest tenth, is needed to lift your friends?

(a)  

31.

What is the mechanical advantage of a lever if the effort arm is 6 feet and the resistance arm is 2 feet?

a)

a) 1

b)

b) 2

c)

c) 3

d)

d) 4

32.

What is the effort force required to lift a 300-newton rock using a lever with a mechanical advantage of 3?

a)

a) 200 newtons

b)

b) 250 newtons

c)

c) 300 newtons

d)

d) 100 newtons

33.

What is the IMA of this lever?

a)

3

b)

.3

c)

4

d)

.25

34.

A box of weight W is lifted by a force F using a lever as shown below.

What is the mechanical advantage of the lever (MA=Input Distance/Output Distance)?

a)

0.5

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

35.

Jeff is a landscaping contractor and lifts a rock weighing 600 pounds by wedging a board under the rock. Jeff weighs 150 pounds and puts all of his weight on the lever. What was his MA?

a)

0

b)

2

c)

4

36.

A lever has an effort (input) arm length of 75 ft and an output (resistance) arm length of 25 ft. The actual mechanical advantage of this lever is:

a)

3

b)

.33

c)

1875

d)

not enough information to solve this

37.

The IMA (ideal mechanical advantage) formula of a lever is:

a)

output/input

b)

input/output

c)

distance of effort/ distance of resistance

d)

resistance arm length/effort arm length

38.

For a lever, AMA is calculated using measurements of the:

a)

forces

b)

distances

c)

the lengths of the effort and resistance arms

d)

the input and the output

39.

The 3 parts of a lever are:

a)

fulcrum, effort, and load

b)

load, output, and input

c)

input, effort, and fulcrum

d)

pivot, output, and fulcrum

40.

The amount that input is magnified by a simple machine is known as the :

a)

mechanical advantage

b)

output force

c)

resistance

d)

none of these

41.

A simple machine has an input force of 12 N and an output force of 4 N. What is its mechanical advantage?

a)

.33

b)

3

c)

8

d)

16