1.

A simple machine is a device that can change the direction or the

magnitude of a force, or the point where it is applied. This is done so
that the force can be used to do work. All mechanical machines are
made by combining simple machines.

2. There are six basic types of simple machines: wheel & axle, pulley,
lever, inclined plane, wedge and screw.
3. Examples of simple machines are wheels, screw drivers, scissors,
knives, nut crackers, and hammers.

Wheel and Axle

A simple machine that may be used the most often is called the wheel and
axle. The wheel and axle has two basic parts: wheel and axle. They can be
found everywhere. It has two circular objects which includes a larger disc
and a small cylinder both joined at the center.

 a screwdriver is an example of a wheel and axle.

Another example of force being applied to the wheel is when a doorknob is

turned.
pulley
A pulley is one of the original simple machines. The pulley was possibly
created by Archimedes in B.C. times. Its original use was to lift buckets of
water. The term sheave can also be used to refer to a pulley.

The original primary use for pulleys was to make it easier to lift heavy
items. The pulley is a simple machine made with a wheel and a rope, cord,
or chain.
There are three types of pulleys:
 One has a fixed axle
 One has a moveable axle
 A compound, which is a mixture of the two
 Examples of pulleys include:
 Elevators use multiple pulleys in order to function.
 A cargo lift system that allows for items to be hoisted to higher floors
is a pulley system. 
 Wells use the pulley system to hoist the bucket out of the well.
 Many types of exercise equipment use pulleys in order to function.
 Construction pulleys are used in order to lift and place heavy
materials.
 Curtains at a theatre are moved using pulley systems that pull the
curtains

Lever.
Levers are varied, but all have a few components. They all have an arm, a
straight, relatively inflexible part, like the handle of an axe or the entire
length of a see-saw, that needs to be unbreakable and relatively
unbendable. They also have a fulcrum, or pivot point on which the lever
rests and pivots. A basic lever is the see-saw, where the board on which
people sit is the arm, the pivot on which the boards sits is the fulcrum, and
the contact point of the see saw with the ground is the load.

There are three types of levers, depending on the placements of the input
force, the load, and the fulcrum.
Inclined plane.
An inclined plane, also known as a ramp, is a flat supporting surface tilted
at an angle, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising
or lowering a load.[1][2][3] The inclined plane is one of the six classical simple
machines defined by Renaissance scientists. Inclined planes are widely
used to move heavy loads over vertical obstacles; examples vary from a
ramp used to load goods into a truck, to a person walking up a pedestrian
ramp, to an automobile or railroad train climbing a grade. [3]
Moving an object up an inclined plane requires less force than lifting it
straight up, at a cost of an increase in the distance motion from one place