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ch.4 science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| actual mechanical advantage | The mechanical advantage that a machine provides in a real situation |
| compound machine | s device that combines 2 or more simple machines |
| efficiency | the perecentage of the input work that is converted to output work |
| fulcrum | the fived point aroung a lever pivits |
| gears | two or more wheels linked to gether by interlocking teeth |
| ideal mechanical advantage | the machanical advantage that a machine would have with out friction |
| inclined plane | a flat surface with one end higher than the other |
| input force | the force exerted on a machine |
| joule | aunit of work equal to one newton per meter |
| lever | a rigid object that pivits around a fixed point |
| machine | a divice that changes the amount of force exerted or the direction in which a force is exerted |
| mechanical advantage | the number of times the force exerted on a machine is multiplied by the machine |
| output force | the force exerted on an object by a machine |
| pulley | a grooved wheel around which is rapped a rope, chain, or cable |
| screw | an inclined plane wrappedaround a central cylindar to form a spiral |
| wedge | an inclined plane that moves |
| wheel and axel | 2 circular or cylindrical objects that are fastened together and rotate about a common axis |
| work | force exerted on an object that causes it to move |