SIMPLE MACHINES
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- Machine - tools that are used to complete tasks with less efforts
- Machine - they can change the direction of force and transform energy
- Types of simple machine
- inclined plane
- lever
- screw
- wedge
- wheel and axle
- pulley
- Inclined plane - also known as RAMP
- Inclined plane - the simplest of all machine
- Inclined plane - used to move heavy objects up or down
- Lever - long rigid bar that rotates around the fulcrum
- Types of lever
- 1st class
- Types of lever2. 2nd class
- Types of lever3. 3rd class
- Screw- viewed as a thin inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder
- screw- to fasten wood by rotating
- Wedge - use to cut objects
- Wedge- viewed as a moving inclined plane
- Wedge - used to separate objects apart and keep things together
- Wheel and axle - wheel is attac to an axle
- Wheel and axle - this is the best type of simple machine
- Axle - rod or pole found in the center of the wheel
- Pulley - used to redirect the use of force
- wheel and axle combines with a rope, chain or cord to allow movements up or down