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Sciene Mahines
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is when a fore causes an object to move. | work |
| Any device that changes the amount of fore or the diretion of the force. | machine |
| A simple mahine having an arm that moves around a fixed point. | lever |
| The fixed point. | fulrum |
| The part of a lever on which a person applies a force on. | effort arm |
| The part of a lever that applies a force on an object. | resistance arm |
| A wheel that has a groove along its edge and a rope or chain that lies in the groove. | pulley |
| A flat surface that changes the size and direction of the force. | inclined plane |
| A simple machine in either a wheel turns an axle or an axle turns a wheel | wheel and axle |
| A flat surface that changes the size and direction of the force | inclined plane |
| A simple machine made up of one or two inclined planes | wedge |
| An inclined plane wrapped around a cone or cylinder | screw |
| A device made up of two or more machines. | coumpound machine |
| A ratio of the work that comes out of a machine to the work put into the machine | efficiency |