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Simple Machines

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What is a device that changes the size or direction of a force?   Simple Machine  
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What is a simple machine made up of bar that turns, or rotates, around a fixed point?   Lever  
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What is the fixed point around which a lever turns?   fulcrum  
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What is a wheel around which a rope or a chain is passed?   Wheel and axle  
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What is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylindrical object?   Screw  
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What is a simple machine with a slanted surface?   Inclined plane  
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What may be used to lift or pry apart heavy items, and also to tighten or hold things in place?   Wedge  
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What is a machine that is made up two or more simple machines?   Compound Machine  
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What do we call a push or a pull?   Force  
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What is a force that makes it hard for two objects in contact to move past one another?   Friction  
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What is a force that pulls objects towards one another?   Gravity  
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