Simple Machines Unit
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| Advantage | A gain in effort or distance or a change of direction resulting from the use of a simple machine.
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| Class-1 lever | A lever in which the fulcrum is between the load and the effort.
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| Class-2 lever: | A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
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| Class-3 lever | A lever in which the effort is between the fulcrum and the
load.
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| Compound pulley | Two or more pulleys working together.
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| Directional advantage | A change in direction that results from passing a rope through a pulley.
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| Effort | The force applied to move a load using a simple machine.
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| Fixed pulley | A pulley attached in position above a load to be lifted.
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| Fulcrum | The point at which a lever arm pivots.
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| Force | A push or a pull.
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| Fulcrum | The point at which a lever arm pivots.
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| Inclined plane | A flat surface set at an angle, used to change the direction
of a force.
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| Lever | A beam, free to pivot around a point, used to move a load.
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| Load | The weight or resistance that is moved using a simple machine.
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| Newton | The metric unit used to measure force.
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| Pulley | A wheel with a grooved rim in which a rope can run to change the
direction of the pull and so lift a load.
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| Slope | The slant of an inclined plane.
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| Wedge | A double inclined plane that tapers to a point or sharp edge, used
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| Wheel and axle | Two wheels of different diameters attached and rotating
on the same axis.
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