Across
- 2. definition a piece of wood, metal, or some other material having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.
- 4. the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots.
- 5. the load is located between the effort and the fulcrum.
- 7. definition a rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to help move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other.
- 8. have the fulcrum between the force and the load
- 9. leaning or turning away from the vertical or horizontal; sloping.
- 10. a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used (typically in combination) to raise heavy weights.
Down
- 1. a simple lifting machine consisting of a rope which unwinds from a wheel on to a cylindrical drum or shaft joined to the wheel to provide mechanical advantage.
- 3. has the effort between the fulcrum and the load
- 5. any of several devices with few or no moving parts that are used to modify motion and the magnitude of a force in order to perform work.
- 6. a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood