Six Simple Machines
A simple machine changes the direction or size of a force.
It makes it much easier to pull or push something over a longer distance.
Use the word bank below to complete the examples of the six simple machines.
Word Bank
screws lever inclined plane see-saws
wheel and axle wedge cranes pulley
drill axes slides doorknobs
Machine Example
• oars
• wheelbarrows
•
• fishing rods
• scissors
• skateboards
•
• rollerblades
•
• wells
• elevators
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Six Simple Machines
• jar lid
• tap
•
• end of lighbulb
•
• ladder
• ramps
•
• staples
• nails
• doorstops
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Six Simple Machines Answers
Machine Example
• oars
• wheelbarrows
Lever • see-saws
• fishing rods
• scissors
• skateboards
Wheel and axle • doorknobs
• rollerblades
• cranes
Pulley
• wells
• elevators
• jar lid
Screw • tap
• drills
• end of lighbulb
• slides
Inclined plane • ladder
• ramps
• axes
• staples
Wedge
• nails
• doorstops
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Six Simple Machines
A simple machine changes the direction or size of a force.
It makes it much easier to pull or push something over a longer distance.
Use the word bank below to complete the examples of the six simple machines.
Word Bank
triangular slides move effort axes
wheel drill separate less lifted
higher machines fulcrum sloping doorstops
see-saws doorknobs carry lever loads
Machine Description
This machine has a movable bar that rests on a solid
point called a .A has
four important parts: the bar, the fulcrum (pivot point),
the effort and the load.
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Lever • oars
• wheelbarrows
• scissors
• fishing rods
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Six Simple Machines
This is the most common of the simple .
Two objects joined together at the centre that rotate
together. One part cannot work without the other. Force
is used to turn one part, which then makes the other
part turn. Used to loads around for long
distances with effort.
Wheel and axle
• skateboards
•
A rope or chain with a and axle attached.
Using it means that heavy can
be without much .
• elevators
Pulley • cranes
• wells
Allows something to from a lower position
to higher position by moving it in a circle. It is a tube
with a thread that spirals around the outside.
• jar lid
• tap
•
Screw
• end of a lightbulb
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Six Simple Machines
Inclined means . This machine has
one end that is lower than the other end. This allows
things to travel from the end to the lower
end, or vice versa, with little effort.
•
• ladder
Inclined plane
• ramps
Can be used to an object. It is
usually shaped. They can also hold things
together and stop them from moving.
•
• staples
Wedge • nails
•
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Six Simple Machines Answers
Machine Description
This machine has a movable bar that rests on a solid
point called a fulcrum. A lever has four important
parts: the bar, the fulcrum (pivot point), the effort
and the load.
• see-saws
Lever
• oars
• wheelbarrows
• scissors
• fishing rods
This is the most common of the simple machines. Two
objects joined together at the centre that rotate together.
One part cannot work without the other. Force is used
to turn one part, which then makes the other part turn.
Wheel and axle Used to carry loads around for long distances with
less effort.
• skateboards
• doorknobs
A rope or chain with a wheel and axle attached.
Using it means that heavy loads can be lifted without
much effort.
Pulley • elevators
• cranes
• wells
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Allows something to move from a lower position to
higher position by moving it in a circle. It is a tube
with a thread that spirals around the outside.
• jar lid
Screw
• tap
• drill
• end of a lightbulb
Inclined means sloping. This machine has one end that
is lower than the other end. This allows things to travel
from the higher end to the lower end, or vice versa,
with little effort.
Inclined plane
• slides
• ladder
• ramps
Can be used to separate an object. It is usually
triangular shaped. They can also hold things together
and stop them from moving.
• axes
Wedge
• staples
• nails
• doorstops
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Six Simple Machines
A simple machine changes the direction or size of a force.
It makes it much easier to pull or push something over a longer distance.
Use the word bank below to complete the examples of the six simple machines.
Word Bank
triangular slides inclined effort doorstops
wheel common separate less lifted
higher machines fulcrum sloping move
see-saws doorknobs carry lever inclined plane
wheel and axle wedge pulley loads axes
bottle opener elevators chisel screw drill
Machine Example
This machine has a movable bar that rests on a solid
point called a .A has four
important parts: the bar, the fulcrum (pivot point), the
effort and the load.
•
• oars
Lever
•
• scissors
• fishing rods
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Six Simple Machines
This is the most of the simple .
Two objects joined together at the centre that rotate
together. One part cannot work without the other. Force
is used to turn one part, which then causes the other
part to turn. Used to loads around for long
distances with effort.
• skateboards
•
A rope or chain with a and axle attached.
Using it means that heavy can
be without much .
•
• cranes
• wells
Allows something to from a lower position
to higher position by moving it in a circle. It is an
inclined plane wrapped around a tube.
• jar lid
• tap
•
• end of a lightbulb
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Six Simple Machines
means . This
machine has one end that is lower than the other end.
This allows things to travel from the end
to the lower end, or vice versa, with little effort.
•
• ladder
• ramps
Can be used to an object. It is
usually shaped. They can also hold things
together and stop them from moving.
•
• staples
• nails
•
•
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Six Simple Machines Answers
Machine Example
This machine has a movable bar that rests on a solid
point called a fulcrum. A lever has four important
parts: the bar, the fulcrum (pivot point), the effort
and the load.
• see-saws
• oars
Lever • bottle opener
• scissors
• fishing rods
This is the most common of the simple machines. Two
objects joined together at the centre that rotate together.
One part cannot work without the other. Force is used
to turn one part, which then causes the other part to
turn. Used to carry loads around for long distances
with less effort.
• skateboards
Wheel and axle
• doorknobs
A rope or chain with a wheel and axle attached.
Using it means that heavy loads can be lifted
without much effort.
• elevators
• cranes
Pulley
• wells
Allows something to move from a lower position to
higher position by moving it in a circle. It is an inclined
plane wrapped around a tube.
• jar lid
• tap
Screw • drill
• end of a lightbulb
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Six Simple Machines Answers
Inclined means sloping. This machine has one end that
is lower than the other end. This allows things to travel
from the higher end to the lower end, or vice versa,
with little effort.
• slides
• ladder
Inclined plane • ramps
Can be used to separate an object. It is usually
triangular shaped. They can also hold things together
and stop them from moving.
• axes
• staples
• nails
Wedge • chisel
• doorstops
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