Simple Machines Card Activity

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Task Card # 1
What is true about all simple machines?
a. they all lift things
b. they all have moving parts.
c. they all make work easier.
Task Card #2
A worker needs to lift a heavy concrete block
from the ground to the second floor or a
building. What would be the BEST simple
machine for the worker to use?
a. wheel and axle
b. lever
c. pulley
Task Card # 3
Task Card # 4
Which one is NOT an example of a
simple machine?
Sue wants to split a piece of wood. Which
simple machine should she use to make
the job easier?
a. wheelchair ramp
b. steering wheel
c. flag
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a. pulley
b. wheel and axle
c. wedge
Task Card # 5
Which simple machine is a wheel with a
rope or chain around it?
a. pulley
b. inclined plane
c. wedge
Task Card # 6
Which simple machine is an inclined
plane wrapped around a pole?
a. pulley
b. screw
c. lever
Task Card # 7
Task Card # 8
A screw and a wheel chair ramp are
both examples of
A wheel attached to a smaller
round bar is a
a. a wheel and axle
b. a pulley
c. an inclined plane
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a. a wheel and axle
b. a pulley
c. an inclined plane
Task Card # 9
Task Card # 10
To use force to move an object
What simple machine is made of two
inclined planes placed back to back?
a. fulcrum
b. work
c. pull
screw
b. wedge
c. pulley
a.
Task Card # 11
Task Card # 12
A bar that rest on a fulcrum is a
The support on which a lever rest
screw
b. wedge
c. lever
a.
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fulcrum
b. wedge
c. lever
a.
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Task Card # 14
A slanted surface that connects a lower
place with a higher place is called an
A tool that makes work easier, but
does not do the work for you is called
a. pulley
b. inclined plane
c. wedge
a. device
b. simple machine
c. tool
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Task Card # 16
This is an example of a
This is an example of a
a. pulley
b. inclined plane
c. wedge
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a. pulley
b. inclined plane
c. wedge
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Task Card # 18
This is an example of a
This is an example of a
a. pulley
b. lever
c. wedge
a. lever
b. screw
c. pulley
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Task Card # 20
This is an example of a
This is an example of a
fulcrum
b. pulley
c. screw
a.
a. lever
b. screw
c. pulley
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Task Card # 22
This is an example of a
This is an example of a
a. pulley
b. lever
c. wheel and axle
a. pulley
b. lever
c. wedge
Task Card # 23
Task Card # 24
This is an example of a
This is an example of a
a. pulley
b. lever
c. wedge
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a. pulley
b. lever
c. wheel and axle
Simple Machines Answer Key
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