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Unit 5- Simple Machines

Vocabulary

  1. Work

  2. Joule

  3. Power

  4. Watt

  5. Machine

  6. Lever

  7. Pulley

  8. Wheel and Axle

  9. Inclined Plane

  10. Wedge

  11. Screw

  12. Compound Machine

Student Resources

Ah'Ha Questions

  1. What is a simple machine?

  2. What are the 6 simple machines?

  3. How to simple machines make work easier?

  4. What is work?

  5. How do we calculate work?

  6. How do we calculate force?

  7. How to we calculate distance using work?

  8. How much work is done on a box using 150N moved 7m?

  9. How much force is used on a car being moved 20 m with 80,000 J of work?

  10. How far was a box moved with 728J of work and 4N of force?

Ah'Ha Questions

Vocabulary

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