Advantages to Simple Machines You will need 5 Vocabulary Cards Vocabulary 6.2
Input Force (Effort) The force exerted on a machine. The input force moves the machine a certain distance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y maNWwfPIS4
Output Force The force a machine exerts on an object. The output force should be greater than the input force.
Efficiency This is the comparison of the output work to the input work. A Machine is efficient if the output is greater than the input. However, no machine gives 100% efficiency.
Compound Machine A device that combines two or more simple machines.
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