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The document provides an overview of simple and compound machines, defining simple machines as devices that facilitate work with less effort and few moving parts. It lists the six types of simple machines: lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw, and explains how compound machines consist of two or more simple machines working together. Examples of each type of machine are included to illustrate their functions and applications.

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ST 3 1SimpleandCompoundMachines

The document provides an overview of simple and compound machines, defining simple machines as devices that facilitate work with less effort and few moving parts. It lists the six types of simple machines: lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw, and explains how compound machines consist of two or more simple machines working together. Examples of each type of machine are included to illustrate their functions and applications.

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Simple and Compound Machines

PLTW Gateway
Science and Technology
Activity 3.1 Simple Machines Video

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What are Simple Machines?
• A device that allows work to be
performed with less effort
• A device with few or no moving parts
• A device that makes work easier by
changing force, distance, or by
changing the direction of the force

What are Compound Machines?


• Two or more simple machines working
together to make the work easier

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The 6 Simple Machines

Leve Wheel and Pulley


r Axle System

Inclined Wedge Screw


Plane

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Lever
A rigid bar used to exert a pressure or sustain a
weight by pivoting on its fulcrum

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Parts of a Lever
If the fulcrum is located at the midpoint of
the lever arm and the effort is equal to the
load, then the lever will be perfectly
balanced.
Lever
Arm Effort

Loa
d
Fulcru
m

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Types of Levers

You can identify the different types of levers by


the middle component.

Can you identify each type of lever on the next


slide?

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Examples of Levers

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Wheel & Axle
A wheel is a lever arm that is fixed to a
shaft, which is called an axle.
The wheel and axle move together as a
simple lever to lift or to move an item by
rolling.

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Examples of Wheel & Axles

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Pulleys

A grooved wheel
around which a rope,
belt, or chain passes
Used to change the
direction or magnitude
of a force

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Examples of Pulleys

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Pulley Systems

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Inclined Plane
• Flat surface set at an angle or incline
• Most common inclined plane is a ramp
• Able to lift objects by pushing or pulling
the load

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Examples of Inclined Planes

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Wedge
Functions as a moving inclined plane

Tapers to a thin edge and is used for


splitting or for tightening by being driven
into something

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Examples of Wedges

Almost all cutting


tools make use of
the wedge.

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Screw
An inclined plane
wrapped around a
cylinder, forming the
path and pitch
Pitch is the distance
between two threads

A screw is used as a threaded


fastener. It changes rotary motion to
linear force.
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Examples of Screws

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What Kind of Simple Machine Is
This?
Pulley Wedge Wheel and Axle

Lever Screw Inclined


Plane

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Compound Machines
• Compound machines consist of two or more
simple machines put together.
• Most devices are compound machines.
• They can do more difficult jobs because their
mechanical advantage is greater.

What two simple machines are


in scissors?

First Class Lever and Wedge

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Name the Simple Machines Present
in Each Compound Machine

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Image Resources
Microsoft, Inc. (2009). Clip Art. Retrieved January 22, 2009,
from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

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