Name: Mike Daniels

Date: 4th of November 2022

Title: Machines and Movement

Aim: Investigating the effort required to move a load up an Incline plane

Materials Needed: 1. Toy Truck

2. Weights or Pebbles

3. Spring Balance (Newton Meter)

4. Smooth Plank

5. Wooden Blocks

Method or Procedure-

 The stones were placed in the toy truck and measured with the spring balance
 An inclined plane was then made using the smooth plank mounted on the wood blocks
 A table was then designed to record the results on each trial
 The spring balance was then used to measure the force required to pull the load up the inclined
plane
 The force required to pull the truck up the inclined plane was compared to the force of the
standard reading (90 degrees)
 The steepness of the inclined plane was varied by shifting the angle of the inclined plane
 Step four was then repeated three consecutive times and were recorded on the table
 Calculations were then made to find the work output and input using the following:

(J) Work output= load (N) x vertical height moved (M)

(J) Work input= effort (N) x distance along the inclined plane (M)

Result or observation:-

Distance Force
Standard 0.4n
3cm 0.2n
31cm 0.25n
15cm 0.3n
22.5cm 0.35n
Discussion-
A simple machine is a device or mechanical equipment that transforms energy into output work
after receiving input work. An inclined plane is a simple machine consisting of a sloping surface,
used for raising heavy bodies In the experiment the wooden plank did not move at all as the toy
truck was moving up with a lot of weight attached to it. This shows that no matter the amount
of effort the load applied the inclined plane would not shift. Therefore a simple machine such as
the incline plane would always work.

Precautions-
The wooden plank was cautiously set up to brace the draw properly preventing any errors in the
experiment.

Limitations-
There is a constant referred to as The Spring Balance Constant, in order for you to get the force.

Reflection-
A simple machine such as the inclined plane would always work if set up properly as done in the
experiment.