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simple machines
Force | Exerting pressure or influence over object or substance |
Friction | The act of a surface or an object rubbing against each other |
Fulcrum | The support on which a lever turns or is helped in moving or lifting something |
Inclined | A plank or plane surface put an 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 directions of the pull |
Push | To move something away by pressing against it |
Screw | Cylinder with a ridge winding around it. ITs 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 pin or shaft in its middle |
Work | An effort in doing or making someting |