Simple Machines

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Across
  1. 2. a wheel with a grooved rim in which a rope or cable can run
  2. 6. a support around which a lever can rotate or pivot
  3. 8. a system of a living body
  4. 12. a double inclined plane that increases the applied or effort force
  5. 13. a rigid bar that can rotate freely around a fulcrum
  6. 14. the perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the load force
  7. 15. the force exerted by the load on a lever
Down
  1. 1. the load between the fulcrum and the effort force
  2. 3. the fulcrum is between the load and the effort force
  3. 4. the effort force is exerted between the fulcrum and the load
  4. 5. a device that helps us perform task by achieving at least one of the five main functions
  5. 7. a large diameter rigid disk connected to a small diameter rigid rod
  6. 9. the perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the effort force
  7. 10. a force applied to one part of a lever to move a load at another part
  8. 11. toothed wheels of different diameter linked together to change the speed of direction moved