Simple Machines Quiz

A mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force and uses mechanical advantage to multiply force.

Lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, screw.

At the cost of a proportional decrease in the distance moved by the load.

<p>Mechanical advantage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can be regarded as the elementary 'building blocks' of which all more complicated machines are composed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force, using mechanical advantage to multiply force.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ignoring friction losses, the work done on the load is equal to the work done by the applied force.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mechanical advantage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are the elementary 'building blocks' of which all more complicated machines are composed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An example of a compound machine is a bicycle, which incorporates wheels and pulleys.</p> Signup and view all the answers