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Simple Machines


  1. What is a simple machine?

  2. Can you name a simple machine?

  3. What does a lever do?

  4. What is a pulley?

  5. What is a wheel and axle?

  6. What is a ramp?

  7. How does a screw help?

  8. What is a wedge?

  9. Can you find a lever at home?

  10. What simple machine helps lift things?

  11. What simple machine helps move heavy things?

  12. What simple machine is used in a flagpole?

  13. What is a wheel used for?

  14. What simple machine helps you go up?

  15. What is the name of a slanted surface?

  16. What simple machine can cut things?

  17. What is a tool that uses a wedge?

  18. What simple machine is a door handle?

  19. How does a pulley work?

  20. What simple machine helps you open a bottle?

  21. What simple machine is a screwdriver?

  22. What simple machine helps push things?

  23. What simple machine helps pull things?

  24. What simple machine helps change direction?

  25. What simple machine do bicycles use?

  26. What simple machine is a pair of scissors?

  27. What is the purpose of simple machines?

  28. What simple machine do cars use?

  29. What simple machine helps cut paper?

  30. What simple machine helps in opening a can?

  31. What simple machine is a seesaw?

  32. How do ramps help in moving objects?

  33. What simple machine is used in elevators?

  34. What simple machine helps move sails on a boat?

  35. What simple machine is a knife?

  36. What simple machine helps turn wheels?

  37. What simple machine is used in a wheelbarrow?

  38. What simple machine helps lift flags?

  39. What simple machine is used in a bicycle chain?

  40. What simple machine helps you open doors easily?

  41. What simple machine helps in building things?

  42. What simple machine helps in cutting wood?

  43. What is a pulley made of?

  44. What simple machine helps in playground swings?

  45. What simple machine helps in a crane?

  46. What simple machine is a hammer?

  47. What simple machine is a nut and bolt?

  48. What simple machine helps in opening windows?

  49. What simple machine is used in fishing rods?

  50. Why are simple machines important?