Simple Machines
Across
- 5. a type of lever with the resistance in the middle of the fulcrum and the force
- 7. a type of lover with the force in the middle of the resistance and the fulcrum
- 8. a combination of several fixed and moveable pulleys
- 11. device that makes work easier
- 12. an inclined plane that turns around a central point
- 15. the fixed point of a lever
- 16. a slanted surface or ramp
- 18. an inclined plane with 2 sloping sides instead of one
Down
- 1. unit used to calculate work
- 2. finish the sentence a simple machine trades effort force for
- 3. a machine consisting of two wheels of different sizes that rotate together
- 4. a type of lever with the fulcrum in the middle of the resistance and the force
- 6. a pulley type of pulley that doesn't move but changes the direction of the force being applied
- 9. a bar that is free to turn on a fulcrum
- 10. a machine that combines two or more simple machines
- 13. is a measure of how much of the work put into a machine is changed to useful work put out by a machine
- 14. a type of pulley that can move an example would be a construction crane
- 17. a rope wrapped around a wheel
- 18. a force being applied over a distance