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Mechanical Advantage and levers review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are simple machines except:

a)

Wheel and Axle

b)

Lever

c)

cam

d)

pulley

2.

The 3 components of a lever are:

a)

Effort, Load and output

b)

effort, fulcrum and output

c)

fulcrum, output, bar

d)

none of these

3.

How much a simple machine modifies/changes the input force is called its:

a)

Fulcrum

b)

mechanical advantage

c)

Output

d)

All of these

4.

The type of mechanical advantage that can be calculated using forces is:

a)

Actual

b)

Ideal

c)

neither of these

d)

both of these

5.

IDEAL mechanical advantage is calculated using:

a)

forces

b)

weights

c)

distances/dimensions

d)

the Pythagorean Theorem

6.

A lever with an output force of 10 N and an input force of 5 N would have a mechanical advantage of:

a)

50

b)

2

c)

5

d)

none of these

7.

A see-saw is an example of which class/type of lever?

a)

1st class

b)

2nd Class

c)

3rd class

d)

4th class

8.

A good example of a 3rd class lever would be:

a)

your arm

b)

a fishing pole

c)

both of these

d)

neither of these

9.

The formula for calculating the ideal mechanical advantage of a lever is:

a)

distance of effort divided by distance of resistance

b)

distance of resistance divided by distance of effort

c)

output divided by input

d)

none of these

10.

In order to lift a heavy load with a lever, one should move the fulcrum:

a)

closer to the load than to the effort

b)

closer to the effort than to the load

c)

right in the middle between the effort and load