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Simple Machines
This is for a test on Simple Machines.
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Science
3rd Grade
05/31/2010

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What are the 6 different Simple Machines?
Definition
A lever, Wheel & Axle, Inclined Plane, Wedge, Screw, and Pulley.
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What is a Lever?
Definition
A lever is like a see-saw. It has a ridgid,(Like a pole), and a fulcrum,(which is in the middle) .
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What is a Wheel and Axle?
Definition
A Wheel and Axle is a wheel connected to a pole,(Like a steering wheel) .
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What is an Inclined Plane?
Definition
An Inclined Plane is a plain surfurce going up and down.
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What is a wedge?
Definition
It is a double inclined plane.
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What is a screw?
Definition
A screw is when you twist the screw It goes into it.
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What is a pulley?
Definition
A pulley is when you have a wheel and rope going around it and you have something on one side of the rope and you pull the rope with nothing on it and the thing goes up when you pull down.
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