Simple Machines Crossword
Across
- 2. This is the fulcrum of the third-class lever that allows you to show how strong you are
- 3. These wedges make a bulletin board more useful
- 4. Wheel and axle often used by bakers to make pie crusts
- 6. A door is not much good without these wheel and axles
- 7. A wedge often used together with a knife when dining
- 8. Wheelchairs can use this inclined plane instead of stairs
- 9. These inclined planes sometimes come in flights
- 10. Nails aren't much use without this lever
- 11. You can find this first-class lever on a playground
- 13. This wheel and axle is essential for eating canned food
- 15. Your car takes this inclined plane to the top of a mountain
- 19. This wheel and axle makes it a lot easier to eat a certain cheesy Italian specialty
- 20. A pulley at the top of these lets you raise Old Glory
- 22. Hit a grand slam with this lever
- 24. A good screw to have if you are afraid of the dark
- 26. This lever gets use in the Fall, especially near trees
- 28. This screw makes it easier to drink wine
- 30. Dull writing utensils have no point without these wedges
Down
- 1. This wedge keeps a door where it belongs
- 5. These use pulleys to let light into a room or shut it out
- 8. Like shoes....If shoes had wheels and axles
- 11. Every driver should have one of these wheel and axles
- 12. Your smile would look funny without these wedges
- 14. This screw makes it easier to change a tire
- 16. You use this wedge to split wood
- 17. This inclined plane is similar to stairs but requires less effort
- 18. You can't slice or dice without this wedge
- 20. This screw lets you change cold water to hot water and back again
- 21. This popular inclined plane is found on most playgrounds
- 23. Pirates dig for buried treasure with this wedge
- 25. Squirrels would probably like this lever
- 27. Many of these environmentally-friendly solar-powered clothes dryers have pulleys
- 29. The fulcrum of this first class lever allows you to nod your head up and down.
- 31. Robin Hood would be lost without these wedges