Across
- 3. a force that opposes motions and makes it impossible to create a perpetual motion machine
- 4. a driver would use this to select different gears in a car by transferring energy from the engine to the wheels
- 7. there are _____types of levers classified by where the fulcrum is located
- 10. large screw inaide a tube to move volumes of water up the tube as the screw rotates, invented by Archimedes
- 11. simple machine in which a longer motion on the wheel produces a shorter but more powerful motion at the axle
- 12. force the machine applies to object is called the ____ force
- 13. output force divided by the input force of a machine, the amount a machine can multiply a force
- 14. force applied to machine is called the _____ force
- 16. distance and force combined are measured in _______ to calculate the amount of work done
- 17. simple machine that consists of a cylinder with a groove cut in a spiral on the outside
- 18. system in which simple machines all work together
- 21. a group of parts that work together to perform a general function making a complex machine
- 22. device that helps us do work
- 23. simple machine with a cord-like material moving along grooved wheel
- 24. belt or chain to transfer energy from an energy source to an object
- 25. simple machine made up of a rigid bar or plank that rotates on a fixed object called a pivot or fulcrum
Down
- 1. simple machine made up of flat surface at an angle to another flat surface
- 2. P=F/A where P= _______ unit of measurement is pascals
- 5. smaller group of parts within a complex machine that perform a specific function
- 6. or device made up of one basic machine
- 8. fixed point that the lever rotates around, the closer to the load, the more mechanical advantage
- 9. input and output forces are measured in
- 15. formation of wheels with interlocking grooves that transfers force from wheel to wheel with a turning motion
- 17. measure of how speed of object is affected by machine calculated by dividing input distance by output distance
- 19. pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid
- 20. simple machine that looks like an inclined plane, but is forced into an object