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    Simple machines are tools that make work easier by reducing the effort needed and include levers, inclined planes, and pulleys. Levers have a rigid bar and pivot point with two forces of effort and resistance. Inclined planes are ramps used to lift and lower objects with no moving parts. Pulleys have a wheel with a central axle and surrounding rope. Complex machines have many parts and combine two or more simple machines, like a tricycle. All machines require energy to work, which can come from human, animal, electrical, or burning fuel sources.

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    Simple machines are tools that make work easier by reducing the effort needed and include levers, inclined planes, and pulleys. Levers have a rigid bar and pivot point with two forces of effort and resistance. Inclined planes are ramps used to lift and lower objects with no moving parts. Pulleys have a wheel with a central axle and surrounding rope. Complex machines have many parts and combine two or more simple machines, like a tricycle. All machines require energy to work, which can come from human, animal, electrical, or burning fuel sources.

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    UNIT 9: SIMPLE AND COMPLEX MACHINES

    SIMPLE MACHINES

    DEFINITION

    Tools that make work easier

    Reduce the effort needed to work

    CAN DO:

    Lift,

    carry,

    cut,

    break

    objects

    3 MAIN TYPES:

    1-Levers

    2-Inclined planes

    3-Pulleys

    Have one or two parts

    1-LEVERS

    Rigid bar with a pivot point

    a lever has two forces: an effort and a resistance

    Example: a seesaw

    2-INCLINED PLANE

    is a ramp used to lift and lower objects

    it is the simplest of the simple machines ( nothing moves to make it work)

    example: a ladder

    3-PULLEYS

    a wheel with an axle in the centre and a rope that runs around the outside

    COMPLEX MACHINES

    DEFINITION: Have many parts and combine 2 or more simple machines


    EXAMPLE: a tricycle

    WHAT MAKES MACHINES WORK?

    to lift and lower objects

    All machines need energy to work

    Types:

    People or animal energy

    Electricity energy

    Mains electricity

    Energy from burning fuels

    batteries

    fossil fuels

    wood

    Biomass

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