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Simple&Com.Machines
Definition | Question |
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Type of Simple Machine | Inclined Plane |
Complex Machines you use as transportation | Car |
What is the fulcrum? | The point on which the lever rests |
What is another name for load? | Resistance |
What is the load? | The object being moved |
What is the effort or force? | The part on which the force is applied to raise the object. |
How many classes of levers are there? | Three |
When the fulcrum is between the load and the effort, what class lever is it? | First class |
When the load is between the effort and the fulcrum, what class of lever is it? | Second class |
When the effort is between the fulcrum and the load, what class of lever is it? | Third Class |
Example of Third class lever | ladder |
Example of second class lever | wheel barrow |
Example of First class lever | See saw |
An egg beater is an example of which type of machine? | Complex Machine |
What type of simple machine is a screw, knife, screw driver, machette and an axe? | An inclined plane |
What type of simple machine are the limbs in your body? | Levers |
What supplies the effort in your body? | Muscles |
As a simple machine, where in your body is the fulcrum found? | The connections between joints |
As a simple machine, where in your body is the effort/ resistance found? | Force of your muscles, which are attached to the bones, apply to the lever |
As a simple machine, where in your body would you find the load? | The weight that resists (or fights against) the pull of your muscle. |
What class of lever is the point where your skull meets the top of your spine? | First class lever |