Machines and mechanisms

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42 questions

What type of simple machine is a see-saw?

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Which simple machine is used to lift heavy objects by changing the direction of force?

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What simple machine is a ramp an example of?

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What simple machine do we use when we twist a jar lid to open it?

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What type of simple machine allows you to cut things, like with a knife?

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What type of simple machine is a bicycle wheel?

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What type of simple machine is used to lift a flag up a pole?

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What simple machine is used when splitting wood with an axe?

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What simple machine is often used to help lift heavy loads with less effort, like in a construction crane?

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What simple machine consists of a rod that pivots at a point to lift or move objects?

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Which type of pulley is fixed in place and does not move when lifting a load?

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What type of pulley moves with the load it is lifting?

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What is the main advantage of using a compound pulley system?

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What works together in a compound pulley system to make lifting easier?

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What is one common use of a fixed pulley?

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How does a moveable pulley make lifting easier?

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What is an important property of a compound pulley system?

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Which part of a pulley system helps to change the direction of the force applied?

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Which type of gear uses a screw-like motion to transfer power?

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Which gear is often used to keep other gears in place without changing the speed?

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Which gear resembles a crown and is used to transfer motion at a right angle?

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What type of gear has teeth that are straight and parallel to the axis of rotation?

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Which type of gear connects at an angle like an electric hand drill

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A special kind of wheel where a toothed wheel turns another toothed wheel.

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The place where the force starts in a gear system drives the force.

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This is the gear that is being driven.

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When two gears connect, the second gear always turns in the OPPOSITE DIRECTION of the first.

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If the first gear has more teeth than the second it turns slower to keep up with less force.

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If the second gear has more teeth, it turns slower but with more force

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What is a key difference between a simple machine and a complex machine?

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What is an example of a complex machine?

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Which of the following is not an example of a gear?

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Which of the following is not an example of a gear?

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Which of the following are not examples of pulleys?

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Which of the following are not examples of pulleys?

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Geras are used to change up what three things?

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What is the measure of rotational force?

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A mechanism is a system in a machine that can modify a motion.

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The way that something moves (ie. left, right up or down)

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How fast or slow something moves?

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A push or pull, something that makes an object start or stop moving.

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Something that is created to do a physical task (the most basic ones)

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