Simple Machine Webquest

Wheel and Axle Note-Skeleton

Part A: Go to the following pages and scroll down to the wheel and axle section.  Read and complete the statements below each link.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

 

A longer motion at the edge of the _______________ is converted to a shorter more powerful motion at the ______________. In reverse, a short powerful force at the __________ will move the ________________'s edge a greater distance.

 

http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html

 

In a wheel and axle, the ___________ is the round end.  It turns the cylindrical post called the __________.

On a wagon, for example, the bucket rests on top of the _________.  As the ___________ rotates the ____________, the wagon moves.

 

Part B:  Now in the space below, give two or more examples of wheel and axle systems you have encountered before.

 

 

Part C:  Using the following space, draw and label one of the wheel and axles from part B (above).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now click here to return to the Wheel and Axle page and complete step 3.



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