Welcome to Mrs. Ferguson’s Class . . .

1. Welcome to Mrs. Ferguson’s Class . . .

2. Jeopardy Oakland Elementary Edition S4P3a Identify simple machines and explain their uses

3. Simple Machines

4. How Forces Work

5. Best Uses for Simple Machines

6. Know Your Simple Machine

7. Know Your Simple Machine II

8. Any Thing Goes

9. Simple Machines How Forces Work Best Uses For Simple Machine Know Your Simple Machine Know Your Simple Machine II Any Thing Goes 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 Jeopardy 500 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

10. Which of these simple machines is also an incline plane? • pulley • lever • screw • wheel-and-axle $100 Question Simple Machines

11. What is (c) a screw? $100 Answer Simple Machines

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13. Which is an example of a wedge? • a bottle opener • a doorstop • an elevator • a wheel-and-axle $200 Question Simple Machines

14. What is (b) a doorstop? $200 Answer Simple Machines

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16. Which kinds of simple machines make up scissors? • wheel-and-axle and pulley • pulley and incline plane • lever and wedge • wedge and incline plane $300 Question Simple Machines

17. What is (c) lever and wedge? $300 Answer Simple Machines

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19. Which of the following is a lever? • a bottle opener • a drinking straw • a match • a pencil $400 Question Simple Machines

20. What is (a) a bottle opener? $400 Answer Simple Machines

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22. Which kind of simple machine is the beater part of an electric mixer? • pulley • wheel-and-axle • pulley and lever • two pulleys $500 Question Simple Machines

23. What is (b) wheel-and-axle? $500 Answer Simple Machines

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25. How many forces must be applied to make a simple machine work? • one • two • three • four $100 Question How Forces Work

26. What is (a) one? $100 Answer How Forces Work

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28. Daily Double Daily Double

29. Which of the following is an example of work? • packing a lunch • thinking about homework • pushing against a wall • holding a baseball Daily Double Question

30. What is (a) packing a lunch? Daily Double Answer

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32. Which simple machine allows you to lift an object using less force, although you must move the object a greater distance? • incline plane • single pulley • wedge • wheel-and-axle $300 Question How Forces Work

33. What is (a) an incline plane? $300 AnswerHow Forces Work

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35. To use a pulley to change both the amount and direction of the applied force, you must • combine it with a lever. • hook it up with another pulley. • place it on an incline plane. • attach it to the wall with screws. $400 Question How Forces Work

36. What is (b) hook it up with another pulley? $400 Answer How Forces Work

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38. ~True or False~ It requires more force to move an object using an incline plane than it does to move it using a pulley. $500 Question How Forces Work

39. What is false? (It requires less force but more space in which to move the object.) $500 Answer How Forces Work

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41. Which of the following would be the BEST simple machine to use to slice celery? • wedge • pulley • screw • incline plane $100 Question Best Uses for Simple Machines

42. What is (a) a wedge? (Also known as a knife! ) $100 Answer Best Uses for Simple Machines

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44. Joey uses a tool to pry the top off a paint can. What type of simple machine is he using? • wedge • screw • lever • incline plane $200 Question Best Uses for Simple Machines

45. What is (c) a lever? $200 Answer Best Uses for Simple Machines

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47. Which simple machine would you most likely use to move a basket of fruit from the ground into a tree house? • lever • wheel-and-axle • pulley • a group of levers $300 Question Best Uses for Simple Machines

48. What is (c) a pulley? $300 Answer Best Uses For Simple Machines

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50. Your friend lives at the top of a hill. Which simple machine would you most likely use to go to your friend’s house? • pulley • incline plane • wedge • lever $400 Question Best Uses For Simple Machines