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Grade 5 Simple Machines
What is a pulley?
  1. a bar used to lift heavy objects.
  2. a wheel with a groove for a rope.
  3. made of two inclined planes.
  4. a lever with an arm and a fulcrum.
Grade 9 Simple Machines
A device that does work with only one movement is called a                 .
  1. compound machine
  2. force
  3. pulley
  4. simple machine
Grade 5 Simple Machines
Which of the following simple machines helps make work easier?
  1. wedge
  2. screw
  3. lever
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Simple Machines
An inclined plane                                    .
  1. uses a bar to lift heavy objects
  2. can be a ramp
  3. is a wheel with a groove for a rope
  4. has a lever arm and a fulcrum
Grade 8 Simple Machines
A                 changes the direction of the input force.
  1. fixed pulley
  2. movable pulley
Grade 3 Simple Machines
What tool would be best to use to lift a heavy load, like a washing machine?
  1. lever
  2. screw
  3. wedge
  4. wheel and axle
Grade 5 Simple Machines
Which simple machine would stairs be an example?
  1. a wedge
  2. an inclined plane
  3. a pulley
  4. a lever
Grade 3 Simple Machines
Which simple machine turns a Ferris wheel?
  1. pulley
  2. wedge
  3. inclined plane
  4. wheel and axle
Grade 9 Simple Machines
The force you apply to a machine is the                .
  1. efficiency
  2. input force
  3. output force
  4. resistance
Grade 8 Simple Machines
A wheelbarrow is an example of a                   .
  1. second-class lever
  2. wheel and axle
  3. inclined plane
Grade 5 Simple Machines
A screw is a(n)                wrapped around a central cylinder.
  1. lever
  2. wedge
  3. inclined plane
  4. wheel and axle
Grade 8 Simple Machines
A(n)                 is a flat surface, a sloped surface, or a ramp.
  1. pulley
  2. wheel and axle
  3. inclined plane
  4. lever
Grade 5 Simple Machines
An elevator has a pulley.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Simple Machines
Which is an example of a wheel and axle?
  1. Hammer
  2. Wagon
  3. Ramp
  4. Flag Pole
Grade 8 Simple Machines
Which of the following describes something simple machines CANNOT do?
  1. increase the force you put in
  2. increase the work you put in
  3. decrease the force you put in
  4. decrease the work you put in
Grade 8 Simple Machines
Look at the image of the pulley. If bucket A has a mass of 5 kg, which of the following statements is true about the minimum effort force required to lift the bucket if friction is ignored?
Pulley System
  1. It would take 0 kg of effort to lift the bucket.
  2. It would take 2.5 kg of effort to lift the bucket.
  3. It would take 5 kg of effort to lift the bucket.
  4. It would take 10 kg of effort to lift the bucket.
Grade 8 Simple Machines
A pulley makes work easier by
  1. increasing force.
  2. increasing distance.
  3. changing the direction of force.
  4. none of the above.
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