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Bell Work: Simple machines 1. Simple machines make work ( easier / harder ). Match the tool to the type: Type of machineTool 2. Incline planeDoor knob 3. Wheel and axelFlag pole 4. LeverRamp 5. PulleyCrow bar
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Machines
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A machine is a device that makes work easier. Examples: hammer, bicycle ramp, scissors, shovel, and doorknob
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Machines Machines can do a variety of jobs: pump water from a well, hoist a sail, plow a field, catch a fish. Machines make work easier by changing the size or direction of the applied force.
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Two forces involved in using a machine 1. The force applied to a machine is the effort force (F in ) Example: when you pull down on the handle of a crowbar, you are applying an effort force.
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Two forces… 2. The force applied by the machine is the resistance force (F out ) Example: Motor turns fan
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Work Input
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Output
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What do machines do?? Machines make work easier, but do not multiply work. So, work output can never be greater than work input
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Mechanical Advantage
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Ideal Mechanical Advantage
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Efficiency
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Types of Simple Machines I. Inclined Plane – a slanted surface used to raise an object. Example: a ramp Wedges and Screws – wedge is an inclined plane that moves. Have an edge that is thinner at one end. Examples: knife, ax, wedge A screw is also an inclined plane. It is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder to form a spiral.
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Simple Machines II. Levers – a bar that is free to pivot a fixed point when an effort force is applied. The fixed point of the pivot is called the fulcrum.
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Levers ****Three classes of levers: 1. Fulcrum is between the effort force and the resistance force. Example: crowbar, pliers, scissors and seesaws Resistance force is between fulcrum and effort force. Examples: wheelbarrows, doors Effort force is greater than the resistance force and the fulcrum
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Simple machines III. Pulleys – a chain, belt, or rope wrapped around a wheel. A pulley can change either the direction or the amount of an effort force. IV. Wheel and Axle – a lever that rotates in a circle. Made of 2 wheels of different sizes. Examples: bicycles, Ferris wheels, water wheels and gears.
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