Chapter 8 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. a system of levers used to transmit motion
- 5. a simple machine that consists of a bar and fulcrum
- 7. a force that acts like a break on moving objects
- 9. a simple machine that is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder
- 11. a simple machine in the form of a sloping surface or ramp, used to move a load from one level to another
- 13. the speed of an object; also the rate of change in an object's motion
- 14. a measurement in the amount of effort needed to change one kind of energy into another
- 15. a device that does some kind of work by changing or transmitting energy
- 16. a simple machine that is a special kind of lever
- 17. a way of changing one kind of effort into another kind of effort
- 18. the rate at which work is done or the rate at which energy is converted from one place to another
Down
- 1. the thickness of a liquid, caused by friction of molecules
- 3. a simple machine that consists of two inclined planes placed back to back
- 4. the effort applied to a given area
- 6. in a simple machine, the advantage to move a large resistance by applying small effort
- 8. a measure of turning effort
- 10. a simple machine in the form of a wheel with a groove around its rim to accept a rope, chain, or belt
- 12. a rotating wheel like object around its rim used to transmit force to other gears with matching teeth