Simple Machines
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| machines | mechanical device that helps transfer force to help people work
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| simple machines | only require manual force from people or animals
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| arm | beam or bar of lever
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| fulcrum | pivot point on lever
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| load | object to be moved
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| effort | force needed to move the load
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| inclined plane | sloping surface used to move objects
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| inertia | resistance of object to change
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| pulley | simple machine made of a grooved wheel and a rope
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| axis | imaginary line that passes through an object
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| screw | inclined plane spiraled around an axis
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| wedge | a double inclined plane that tapers to a point
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| effort | force applied to move a load
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| force | to push or pull
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| newton | metric unit to measure force
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| wheel and axle | 2 wheels of different size rotate on the same axis
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| gear | a toothed wheel
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| work | when an object moves
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