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Simple Machines
#1 It is a simple machine that uses grooved wheels and a rope to raise, lower, or move a load? What is a pulley?
#2 True or False: A simple machine makes work easier by allowing for a push or pull to occur over an increased distance. What is true?
#3 It is a seesaw or teeter-totter on a playground is that is a kind of simple machine? What is a lever?
#4 A fork is an example of what type of simple machine? What is a wedge?
#5 It is a simple machine uses a slanted surface that connects a lower level to a higher level. What is an inclined plane?
Compound Machines
#1 It is a machine that uses two simple machines. What is a compound machine?
#2 Scissors are a compound machine made up of levers and _____. What is a wedge? (the blade)
#3 An escalator is a compound machine that has a pulley and a ______. What is an inclined plane?
#4 A wheel barrow is a compound machine that has a lever and a _______. What is a wheel and axle?
#5 A compound machine uses ____ simple machines. What is 2?
Complex Machines
#1 A pencil sharpener is a complex machine that uses a lever, a wedge, and a _____. What is a wheel and axle?
#2 A bull dozer is a complex machine that uses a wedge, a wheel and axle, and a _____. What is a lever?
#3 A complex machine uses three or more _____________. What is simple machines?
#4 A crane is a complex machine that uses a wheel and axle, lever, and a ______. What is a pulley?
#5 A bicycle is a complex machine that is made up of a wheel and axle, pulley, and a ______. What is a lever?
How is a Word Like a Machine?
#1 A compound word is like a compound machine. What is they both have two?
#2 An example of a compound word is _____________. What is (anything that your teacher said is two words that make up one word)?
#3 A machine that uses a wedge and a lever is a ______________. What is a compound machine?
#4 A compound machine is a machine that might use a wheel and axle and a ______. What is a _______? (any simple machine) i.e. inclined plane, screw, wedge, lever, wheel and axle, lever, pulley
#5 Skateboard is a compound word that is made up of two words. What is skate + board?
How is a sentence like a machine?
#1 "I went to the store." is a type of sentence. What is a simple sentence?
#2 It has 3 or more simple machines. What is a complex machine?
#3 "She went to the store and she bought pencils." is a type of sentence. What is a compound sentence?
#4 A screw is a type of machine. What is a simple machine?
#5 A car is a kind of machine. What is a complex machine?
Final Question
People have been using simple machines since this time period. What is pre-historic time?