Simple Machines
Across
- 2. A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
- 6. A machine consisting of two or more simple machines operating together
- 8. Supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained
- 10. The force an effort must overcome order to do work
- 11. The point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots
- 14. The variable that you change
Down
- 1. The variable that you record as the result
- 3. Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
- 4. A statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present
- 5. The ratio of the force produced by a machine to the force applied to it, used in assessing the performance of a machine
- 7. any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force, such as an inclined plane, wedge, or lever
- 9. Work that you do to move an object
- 12. The secondary or vertical axis of a system of coordinates, points along which have a value of zero for all other coordinates
- 13. The principal or horizontal axis of a system of coordinates, points along which have a value of zero for all other coordinates