Simple Machines
Across
- 2. machine that produces a large movement from a small movement
- 3. point about which a lever pivots
- 5. a wheel with teeth
- 9. a double inclined plane
- 10. the gear that receives force from a driving gear
- 14. lever with a fulcrum at one end, load in the centre
- 16. lever with fulcrum at one end, load at other and load in centre
- 17. a rod that pivots about a point
Down
- 1. lever with effort and loads located at each end
- 4. increases the force applied
- 6. overcome by a lever
- 7. the gear that supplies force to another gear
- 8. reduces the effort needed to lift a load
- 9. a lever with axle as a fulcrum
- 11. outer edge of a wheel
- 12. a grooved wheel over which rope or cable can slide
- 13. train a system of interconnected gears
- 15. Shaft on which a wheel rotates