Simple Machines and Fluid Power
Across
- 3. A supporting bar or shaft on which a wheel turns
- 5. A type of simple machine that consists of two inclined planes placed back-to-back
- 6. A lever that is often found in a playground
- 7. The class of levers with the fulcrum between the effort and the load
- 8. A seesaw is an example of which type of simple machine
- 9. The simplest type of gear
- 10. A gear that is turned by an outside effort, for instance your hand or an engine
- 14. A type of simple machine that is a flat surface with one end higher than the other
- 16. The use of pressurized air to do work
- 17. The class of levers with fulcrum at one end and the load at the other
Down
- 1. An inclined plane that is often found in a playground
- 2. If the second wheel in a pair of uneven sized gears, the bigger turns slower than the smaller one but with more ____
- 4. When two gears mesh together, the second one always turns in the ____ direction
- 5. A type of simple machine that is made of a wheel attached to a rod
- 7. If you connect two gears together and the first one is bigger than the second one, the second one has to turn much ____
- 10. A gear that is turned by another gear
- 11. A device to help us do work more easily
- 12. A type of simple machine used to raise and lower a flag on a flagpole
- 13. The point at which a lever turns
- 15. The class of levers with the fulcrum at one end and the effort at the other