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McCormack - Simple Machines

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show Work is done when the object moves in the same direction that the force is acting  
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What is the formula for Work?   show
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show Machines make work easier  
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show Power = Force x Distance / Time  
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show They can change the Size, Distance, or Direction of the Effort Force.  
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show The force you exert on a machine  
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Output Force (Load)   show
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Mechanical Advantage   show
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show Mech. Adv. = 100 N / 25 N = 4  
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show A simple machine with a flat, sloped surface  
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show A simple machine that is thick on one end and tapers to a thin end on the other.  
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show A simple machine that is an incline plane wrapped around a cylinder.  
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show A simple machine rigid bar that is free to pivot on a fixed point  
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What is a Fulcrum?   show
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What is a Class 1 Lever?   show
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Give one example of a Class 1 Lever?   show
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show A Lever with the fulcrum on one end, the load in the middle and the effort on the end  
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show A wheel borrow  
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What is a Class 3 Lever?   show
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What is a Wheel & Axle?   show
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Give one example of a Wheel & Axle?   show
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What is a Pulley?   show
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show A mounted pulley that changes the direction of the force  
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What is a Movable Pulley?   show
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show A pulley system made up of fixed and movable pulleys.  
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show A machine that has two or more simple machines  
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What is a Watt?   show
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Calculate the Work if you move 60N up a ladder that is 11 meters tall?   show
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What is the Power if you lift 125 N of weight 2 meters high in 5 seconds?   show
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A ramp is 10 meters long and 2 meters high, what is the Mech. Adv.?   show
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show MA = Outer radius / Inner radius = 35 cm / 5 cm = 7  
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A lever is 12 meters long from the Effort to the fulcrum and 3 meters from the fulcrum to the Load, what is the MA?   show
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What is the trade off if a Block & Tackle has a MA of 4? Effort goes down by 4 X but the ____________________________________   show
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