Lesson 5: Simple Machines

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Across
  1. 2. attached to something that doesn't move.
  2. 4. machines that combine two or more simple machines
  3. 6. a grooved wheel with a rope, chain, or cable running along the groove.
  4. 8. a machine that can do work in a single movement
  5. 10. consist of an axle attached to the center of a larger wheel so that the wheel and axle rotate together.
  6. 11. a piece of wood, metal, or material thicker at one end than the other.
Down
  1. 1. a system of fixed and moveable pulleys
  2. 3. when one end of the rope is fixed and the other wheel is free to move.
  3. 5. a bar that is free to pivot around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
  4. 7. an inclined plane wrapped in a spiral around a cylindrical post.
  5. 9. a sloping surface that reduces the energy necessary to do work.