The types of Simple Machines

Question 1

What are the 6 types of simple machines?

Answer 1

• Inclined Plane
•Lever
•Screw
•Wedge
•Wheel and Axle
•Pulley

Question 2

What’s the simplest of all machines?

Answer 2

Inclined plane

Question 3

One of it’s ends is higher than the other, allowing things to go from a lower place to a higher place or vice versa.

Answer 3

Inclined Plane or Ramp

Question 4

What simple machine is a long rigid bar that rotates around a fulcrum?

Answer 4

Lever

Question 5

Examples of Inclined Planes

Answer 5

Ramps in skateboard parks and ramps for people in wheelchairs, slides, funnels

Question 6

What is a pulley?

Answer 6

It is a version of the wheel and Axle combined with a rope, chain, or some other cord.

Question 7

What are the classes of levers?

Answer 7

First-class, fulcrum middle. Second-class, load middle.
Third-class, effort middle.

Question 8

It can be viewed as a thin inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

Answer 8

Screw

Question 9

It can be viewed as a moving inclined plane used to cut objects.

Answer 9

Wedge

Question 10

Examples of screw

Answer 10

Bottle cap, light bulb, watch crown, faucet, drill, and jar lid

Question 11

Examples of lever

Answer 11

Door handles, hinges, hammers, scissors, light switches

Question 12

It is a wheel attached to an axle.

Answer 12

Wheel and Axle

Question 13

Examples of wedge

Answer 13

To separate objects - knife, axe, saw
To keep objects together - pins, door stop, nails, staples