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Mr. Johnson's Simple Machines

TermDefinition
Force Exerting pressure or influence over object or substance.
Friction The act of a surface or an object rubbing against each other.
Flucrum The support on which a lever turns or is helped in moving or lifting something.
Inclined Plane A plank or plane surface put at an angle to a horizontal surface.
lever A bar which rests on a fulcrum.
Load Amount of work a machine is expected to perform.
Machine Any device that applies or changes the direction of power force, or motion.
Axle Bar on which a wheel turns.
Power Strength or force that can be exerted on other bodies.
Pull To move, usually with force or effort.
Pulley A wheel that has a groove in the rim where a rope can run and change the direction of the pull.
Push To moving something away by pressing against it.
Screw Cylinder with a ridge winding around it. IT's a simple machine.
Spring Something that produces action, a moving force.
Tool An instrument of work.
Torque A force that causes rotation.
Wedge To force an opening.
Wheel A round frame that turns on a pin or shaft in its middle.
Work An effort in doing or making something.
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