Types of Simple Machines
Types of Simple Machines: Overview
This topic explains concepts such as Tools as Simple Machines, Lever, Fulcrum in a Lever, Effort in a Lever, etc.
Important Questions on Types of Simple Machines
The amount of draft allowance provided on the exterior surface of the pattern is up to _____ per metre.

Explain the working of a screw driver.

What is the function of the jack?

Mention the difference between the pulley and an inclined plane.

How is an inclined plane useful?


What is a screw? Give two examples where screws are used.

For what purpose do we use wheel and axle arrangement give an example?


The thread of the screw acts as an inclined plane.

Show that a screw is actually an inclined plane?

List two uses of an inclined plane.

What is the use of an inclined plane?

A bicycle pedal is an example of a wheel and axle.

Describe the wheel and axle with an example.

Which of these jobs would become easier if you had a pulley?

What is the main advantage of a pulley?

Why pulleys are called simple machines?

Explain pulley and its types with well-labelled diagrams.

What is the position of the effort in a third-class lever?
