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Oxford WS 7.9 Year 7 Science

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Student worksheet

7.9 There are different types of machines


Pages 136–137 and 208

Types of machines
1 Look at the ramps in the two images below.

Which ramp do you think would take the least amount of effort to walk up? Explain your answer.

2 Explain how your front teeth (incisors) act as a wedge when you bite into a carrot or apple.

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Oxford Science 7 Western Australian Curriculum Teacher obook assess ISBN 9780190307110
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3 You may have come across the saying ‘righty tighty, lefty loosey’.

a Look at the diagram of a screw being screwed into a piece of


wood to explain the meaning of this saying.

b If you were turning the screw in a clockwise direction, would you be using more or less force than
turning it in an anti-clockwise direction?

4 a Label the following features on the diagram:

• wheel
• axle

b How is this wheel a distance magnifier?

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EXTEND YOUR UNDERSTANDING
5 We are often told that cavemen invented the wheel, but this is not the case. Research which society
invented the wheel. Write a 100 word summary of your findings and include how the wheel was used.

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