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Types of Simple Machine

This document describes 6 types of simple machines: wedge, lever, wheel and gear, screw, inclined plane, and pulley. For each machine, it provides a description, picture example, and real world example. The key characteristics are that simple machines make tasks easier by reducing the amount of force needed or changing the direction of force applied. They provide mechanical advantages that allow humans to lift heavier loads or move objects using less effort.

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Types of Simple Machine

This document describes 6 types of simple machines: wedge, lever, wheel and gear, screw, inclined plane, and pulley. For each machine, it provides a description, picture example, and real world example. The key characteristics are that simple machines make tasks easier by reducing the amount of force needed or changing the direction of force applied. They provide mechanical advantages that allow humans to lift heavier loads or move objects using less effort.

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TYPES OF SIMPLE MACHINE DESCRIPTION PICTURE EXAMPLE OF SIMPLE MACHINES

WEDGE A wedge is a double-inclined plane (both  Knife, axe, razor blade


sides are inclined) that moves to exert a
force along the lengths of the sides. The
force is perpendicular to the inclined
surfaces, so it pushes two objects (or
portions of a single object) apart. Axes,
knives, and chisels are all wedges. The
common "door wedge" uses the force on
the surfaces to provide friction, rather
than separate things, but it's still
fundamentally a wedge.
-you can use a wedge by driving it into
the wood with a hammer. We can use the
wedge action to cut and shape ice and
wood sculptures, clay or whatever.

LEVERS A simple machine that consists of a rigid Seesaw-The load is the person
object (often a bar of some kind) and a that goes up, and the effort
fulcrum (or pivot). Applying a force to
one end of the rigid object causes it to applied is the weight of the person
pivot about the fulcrum, causing a that goes down. The fulcrum is in
magnification of the force at another the center in between them.
point along the rigid object. There are
three classes of levers, depending on
where the input force, output force, and
Fishing rod- The load is the fish;
fulcrum are in relation to each other. the handle end is the fulcrum.
Baseball bats, seesaws, wheelbarrows,
and crowbars are types of levers.
-makes the load lighter. An effort is the
person pushing to make the objects move.
Used to lift weights.
WHEELS AND GEARS A wheel is a circular device that is Car-the wheel and axle acts as a
attached to a rigid bar in its center. A lever rotating around the fulcrum
force applied to the wheel causes the axle
to rotate, which can be used to magnify or the center point. On doing this
the force (by, for example, having a rope the wheel rolls. 
wind around the axle). Alternately, a
force applied to provide rotation on the
axle translates into rotation of the wheel.
It can be viewed as a type of lever that
rotates around a center fulcrum.

SCREW A screw is a shaft that has a in inclined


groove along its surface. By rotating the
screw ,the force is applied perpendicular
to the groove, thus translating a
rotational force into a linear one. It is
frequently used to fasten objects together
(as the hardware screw & bolt does),
although Babylonians developed a
"screw" that could elevate water from a
low-lying body to a higher one.
INCLINED PLANE An inclined plane is a plane surface set at
an angle to another surface. This results
in doing the same amount of work by
applying the force over a longer distance.
The most basic inclined plane is a ramp;
it requires less force to move up a ramp
to a higher elevation than to climb to that
height vertically.
- To move a heavy object to a higher
elevation. It reduces the amount of force
needed to lift the object. 

PULLEYS A pulley is a wheel with a groove along its


edge, where a rope or cable can be
placed. It uses the principle of applying
force over a longer distance, and also the
tension in the rope or cable, to reduce the
magnitude of the necessary force.
Complex systems of pulleys can be used
to greatly reduce the force that must be
applied initially to move an object.
-  It is used to make lifting easier.

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