Quarter 3 – Simple Machines
Name: _______________________ Date: __________ 9. Which simple machine is being used
Grade&Section: _________________Score: when a person pries a nailed wood plank
______ using a crowbar?
A. Wedge
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct B. Inclined plane
answer. Write your answers in your C. Lever
Science notebook or answer sheet. D. Screw
10. Why do people use machines?
I. Multiple Choice A. Machines are expensive
B. Machines make work harder
1. Which simple machine is used to move C. Machines make work easier and faster
heavy objects into a truck using a ramp? D. Machines replace people completely
A. Lever 11. A knife, axe, and chisel are examples of
B. Wedge __________.
C. Inclined Plane A. levers
D. Pulley B. pulleys
2. What simple machine is found at the C. wedges
sharp edge of an axe used for chopping D. wheels and axles
wood? 12. The blade of a shovel separates soil,
A. Lever while the handle helps lift it. What two
B. Wedge simple machines make up a shovel?
C. Screw A. Pulley and wedge
D. Wheel and axle B. Screw and inclined plane
3. Which part of the lever is the fixed point C. Lever and pulley
where the lever turns? D. Wedge and lever
A. Load 13. Which of the following is an example of
B. Effort an inclined plane found at home or
C. Fulcrum school?
D. Arm A. Door knob
4. In which class of lever is the fulcrum B. Knife
located between the load and the C. Stairs
effort? D. Bottle opener
A. First class lever 14. In a lever, less effort is needed when the
B. Second class lever __________.
C. Third class lever A. load is farther from the fulcrum
D. Inclined plane B. effort is closer to the fulcrum
5. A wheelbarrow is an example of what C. effort is farther from the fulcrum
class of lever? D. fulcrum is removed
A. First class lever 15. Which simple machine is used to remove
B. Second class lever a bottle cap?
C. Third class lever A. Wedge
D. Wedge B. Lever
6. Which simple machine helps make lifting C. Inclined plane
heavy objects easier by increasing D. Screw
distance but reducing force?
A. Wedge Identify the Simple Machine Used
B. Lever
C. Inclined plane 16. Which simple machine is used to hoist a
D. Screw flag up a tall flagpole?
7. Which tool is an example of a third A. Screw
class lever? B. Lever
A. Scissors C. Pulley
B. Wheelbarrow D. Wheel and axle
C. Stapler 17. A doorknob makes opening a door
D. Crowbar easier. What simple machine is it?
8. What simple machine is formed by two A. Pulley
inclined planes joined together to make B. Screw
a sharp edge? C. Wedge
A. Screw D. Wheel and axle
B. Wedge
C. Lever
D. Pulley
18. Which simple machine has a spiral 29. A clothesline uses what type of simple
thread and is used to hold objects machine?
tightly? A. Wheel and axle
A. Pulley B. Screw
B. Screw C. Pulley
C. Lever D. Wedge
D. Inclined plane 30. Which simple machine is commonly
19. A sack trolley helps move heavy loads found in faucets and bottle caps?
easily. What simple machine does it use? A. Lever
A. Screw B. Screw
B. Pulley C. Pulley
C. Wheel and axle D. Wheel and axle
D. Wedge 31. Why is a wheel and axle useful?
20. Which simple machine uses a rope and a A. It makes objects heavier
wheel to lift objects? B. It increases friction
A. Lever C. It makes work easier
B. Screw D. It stops motion
C. Pulley 32. Which simple machine does NOT
D. Inclined plane increase force but only changes
21. Which of the following is an example of a direction?
screw? A. Fixed pulley
A. Flagpole B. Movable pulley
B. Bottle cap C. Screw
C. Door hinge D. Wheel and axle
D. Wheelbarrow 33. Which simple machine is best used for
22. A pulley helps lift objects mainly by — lifting a bucket from a well?
A. increasing friction A. Screw
B. changing direction of force B. Lever
C. adding weight C. Pulley
D. making objects heavier D. Wheel and axle
23. Which simple machine reduces friction 34. Which simple machine helps open and
when moving heavy objects? close bottle caps easily?
A. Pulley A. Lever
B. Screw B. Pulley
C. Wheel and axle C. Screw
D. Wedge D. Wedge
24. Turning a jar lid is easier because it is a 35. Simple machines are important because
— they —
A. Lever A. make work harder
B. Pulley B. reduce effort in doing work
C. Screw C. replace humans
D. Wheel D. stop motion
25. Which simple machine is made of a
wheel attached to a rod or shaft?
A. Pulley
B. Screw
C. Wheel and axle
D. Inclined plane
26. Which tool uses a wheel and axle?
A. Knife
B. Doorknob
C. Flagpole
D. Screwdriver
27. What simple machine helps reduce the
amount of force needed to lift heavy
objects?
A. Screw
B. Pulley
C. Wedge
D. Lever
28. Which simple machine has threads
around it?
A. Wheel and axle
B. Pulley
C. Screw
D. Lever