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‘Work/Smple Machines las Period
Work and Simple Machines Worksheet
1. Whats work?
2. Give an example of when workis not done (different than the example inthe notes)
‘3. ‘Whats the formula {equation for work?
44. What doe spits in the equation stend for? W=
5. Whatisa machine?
6, Wihatisa SIMPLE machine?
7. Whatisa common machine?
8, Machines cannot increase the amount of they only make he work
todo,
9, ‘Adevie does/does not need to contain a motor tobe 2 machine.
10. Whena machine is used, ‘needed todo the work but that force must
be applied over.
11. State the Law of conservation of Energy
12, Wy does work output not equal work input?
Solve the following problems using the formula for work W= xD).
1 Abook weighing 1.0 newton sifted 2 meters. How much work was done?
2, force of 25 newtons i used to push box long the floor adistance of meters. How much
work was done?
3 It took 50 joules of work to push a chairS meters across the oor. How much force was,
needed?
4, force of 100 newtons was necessary tolift rock. A total of 150 joules of work was done.
How fac was the rocked?
5, Ittook SOD newtons of force to push a car 4 meters. How much work was done?
6. Ayoung man exerted a fere of 9,000 newtons ona stalled car but was unable to move it. How
much work was done?f
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“Jhat isthe mechanical advantage of the folowing simple machines?
Phycol Science F767 a Taratuctonat For Re8" Grade Honors Science Name,
Mectanical Advantage Worksheet lass Period
To find the Mechanical Advantage of ANY simple machine when given the force, use MA= R/E
4L_An€tfor tore of 30n is applied toa Screwdriver to pry the ld off ofa can of paint. The
-serewerver apples SON of force to the id, What i the MA ofthe screwdriver?
Mae
2. Aleverisused to lita heavy rock. The Rock has a mass of BOON. I requires 200N of force to
lift the rocking the lover. What the MA ofthe lver?
Ma
3, Toopen a bottle of soda, afore of SSN is applied to the bottle opener. I the bottle opener
apples 2 fore of 675N tothe cap, whats the mechanical advantage ofthe bottle opener?
Ma
4. A force of 250N is applied to the rope ona pulley system, The box you are iting withthe
alley has amass of 1250N, Whats the MA ofthe pulley system?
Ma
5, **4 A forte of 75N is pried ta a nutcracker to crack opana walnut, Ifthe MA ofthe nutcracker
1s, what is the force the nutcracker apples tothe walnut?
Force=
6, *** Alever designed to have a mechanical advantage of. ifthe lever applies a force of
{800N to ita car. how much force is applied to the lever?
Force=
Toind the MA of a Lever WITHOUT the force Use the formula MA= Distance tothe Effort
Distance tothe Resistance
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‘Mechanical Advantage Worksheet Cass Perod
9. Alever used to ifta heavy box has an effort arm af é meter. t's Resistance armis 8 meters
‘What isthe MA ofthe lever?
w
10. What i the mechanical advantage of a lever that has an effort arm af 3 meters anda resistance
arm 9f2 meters?
14, Alever with an effort arm of2 meters has a mechanical advantage ol4. HOW LONG is the
resistance arm?
Mas
Torfind the MIA ofa pulley system ~ count the number of suoporting ropes.
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Ma wa mas
“Tofind the MA of awheel and Axle use the formula MA-= radius of lage whee!
ads of small wheel
1s. Mas
‘Tofing the MA of an inclined plane- MA lengthof inclined plane
‘eight of inclined plane
6. Ma
117, AS meter ramp ifts objects toa helghtof.75 meters. What isthe MA ofthe rrp?
Ma
418, Chatlergsll! Amover use a ramp to pula 1000 Newton cart upto the floor of his truck meters
high). it takes force of 200 Newtons to pul the cart, what ithe length ofthe ramp?