Simple Machines Crossword!
Across
- 3. The weight of an object.
- 4. A pulley system that uses at least one fixed pulley and one moveable pulley.
- 11. Another word for an inclined plane.
- 13. An axe is one example of this simple machine.
- 14. An example of a pulley system using two fixed pulleys.
- 16. _________machines make our lives easier. There are six of them.
- 18. The amount of effort force needed to lift a load using a moveable pulley system.
- 19. A spiral staircase looks like this simple machine.
Down
- 1. A fixed pulley helps make lifting the load easier because you can pull down with your whole _____.
- 2. A push or pull.
- 5. In a ______ pulley system the effort force is directed up
- 6. The direction of effort force in a combined pulley system.
- 7. The force attracting all objects on Earth towards the ground.
- 8. The direction of effort force when you are not using any pulley.
- 9. A ________ pulley has one pulley that is firmly attached to a structure.
- 10. The point that a lever pivots around.
- 12. A special type of wheel and axle that has teeth.
- 15. The force needed to lift a load.
- 17. One of the simple machines that makes lifting heavy loads easier.