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Interactions Between Simple Machines
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eLearning Lesson
Interactions Between Simple Machines
Quiz
More to See & Do!
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eLearning Lesson
Interactions Between Simple Machines
Quiz
More to See & Do!
Things to Know!
What are machines?
M
echanical devices that change the direction or magnitude of a force
.
They have few moving parts or several moving parts.
Machines
transfer energy and movement between parts in a way we can expect.
Work
is
measure of
energy
transfer
.
Energy can never me created out of thin-air or destroyed! It can only be transferred!
The six
simple machines
are wedges, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wheels and axels.
They are the foundations of more complicated
machines
and can be combined.
Combining
simple machines
reduces the effort needed on the user’s part to perform
work
.
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