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Simple Machines Quiz for Grade 5

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about simple machines. It asks the reader to identify examples of different simple machines like levers, pulleys, and wheels and axles. It also asks about how simple machines work by trading force for distance or motion to make work easier. The last question states that machines reduce the amount of work needed to do a job.

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Simple Machines Quiz for Grade 5

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about simple machines. It asks the reader to identify examples of different simple machines like levers, pulleys, and wheels and axles. It also asks about how simple machines work by trading force for distance or motion to make work easier. The last question states that machines reduce the amount of work needed to do a job.

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1. A ______ is a push or a pull.

A)simple machine
B) pulley
C) friction
D) force

2. Simple machines make work easier by trading _____ for force.

A) distance
B) motion
C) friction
D) work

3. A wheel barrow is an example of a ______ class lever.

A) first
B) fourth
C) third
D) second

4. Which is an example of a wheel and axle that make work easier by reducing
friction?

A) ladder
B) screwdriver
C) pencil sharpener
D) wheelbarrow

5. Which part of the lever supplies the force to move something?

A) load
B) fulcrum
C) effort

6. Which part of the lever is the part you are trying to move?

A) load
B) effort
C) fulcrum

7. What should you do to reduce the amount of effort needed to lift something using a
first class lever?
A) move the fulcrum closer to the effort
B) move the fulcrum to the middle of the lever
C) move the fulcrum closer to the load

8. Which simple machine does a flagpole make use of?

A) lever
B) pulley
C) inclined plane
D) screw

9. Which simple machine makes up a pencil sharpener? (the one mounted on the wall)

A) inclined plane
B) wheel and axle
C) pulley
D) lawn tractor

10. Machines reduce the amount of work needed to do a job

A) False
B) True

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