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A large wheel fixed to a smaller wheel or shaft called an axle.
a) Axle
b) Gear
c) Wheel
d) Pulley

Using force to move an object from one place to another.
a) Force
b) Energy
c) Friction
d) Work

Two inclined planes placed back to back.
a) Inclined plane.
b) Wedge
c) Screw
d) Lever

Machines with few parts that make it easier to do work.
a) Pulley
b) Fixed pulley
c) Fulcrum
d) Simple machines

An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.
a) Inclined plane
b) Lever
c) Wedge
d) Screw

A kind of wheel with a groove. Able to lift or move something more easily.
a) Fulcrum
b) Pulley
c) Gear
d) Wheel

Rigid bar that turns around a fixed point.
a) Wedge
b) Inclined plane
c) Fulcrum
d) Lever

Set of wheels with teeth that fit together to turn a machine.
a) Gear
b) Fixed pulley
c) Pulley
d) Wheel

Any slanting, flat surface.
a) Wedge
b) Fulcrum
c) Lever
d) Inclined plane

A force caused by one object rubbing against another.
a) Force
b) Effort
c) Work
d) Friction

The point around which a lever pivots or turns.
a) Fulcrum
b) Gear
c) Pulley
d) Axle

Push, pull, or lift.
a) Force
b) Effort
c) Work
d) Friction

Attached to one spot. Move a load up, down, sideways.
a) Fulcrum
b) Axle
c) Fixed pulley
d) Lever

Force applied to a simple machine.
a) Force
b) Work
c) Effort
d) Friction

Shaft that helps turn a wheel.
a) Gear
b) Wheel
c) Fixed pulley
d) Axle

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