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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, The Mechanics of Movement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one example the author uses of a wedge?
(a) A type of door stop.
(b) A block and tackle system.
(c) An escalator.
(d) A ship's ramp.

2. What is the most common form of inclined plane found in machines?
(a) The rods.
(b) The pully.
(c) The wedge.
(d) The rocker.

3. What does the inclined plane do?
(a) Extends the distance to a rise.
(b) Decreases effort.
(c) Increases effort.
(d) Decreases gravitational force.

4. What is the formula for work done?
(a) Distance divided by strength.
(b) Distance plus effort.
(c) Effort multiplied by distance.
(d) Effort times gravitational force.

5. What is the effort you put in combined with the distance over which the effort is done?
(a) Work.
(b) Mendal's law.
(c) Rest.
(d) Gravity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a wedge move an object up an inclined plane?

2. What is a fulcrum?

3. What is a first-class lever?

4. What happens when you exert your strength across a longer distance?

5. What is applied to a lever to make it move?

(see the answer key)

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