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| - used to perform work; powered by people |
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1. levers
2. screw
3. wedge
4. incline plane
5. wheel and axle
6. pulley |
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| a simple machine used for performing work |
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| a point of balance; a fixed point on a lever from which the bar is free to pivot |
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| the distance from the fulcrum to the load |
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| the weight that you are trying to move |
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| the weight needed to balance the lever |
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| when the effort and the load balance each other |
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| the distance from the fulcrum to the effort |
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| the part of the experiment you change; graphed on the horizontal axis (x axis) |
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| the part of the experiment you measured; graphed on the vertical axis (y axis) |
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L x LA = E x EA
Load x Load Arm = Effort x Effort Arm |
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