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Types of Levers Worksheet

Engineering lesson 12: Types of levers · Set 44 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (What is in the middle?): Find the fulcrum, the load and the effort. Put them in order along the bar and look at the middle one. Fulcrum middle → class 1 · load middle → class 2 · effort middle → class 3.

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  1. 1.True or false: your forearm is a class 3 lever (effort in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a bottle opener is a class 2 lever (load in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a bottle opener is a class 3 lever (effort in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.⚖️ Which class of lever is a wheelbarrow? (a) class 1 (b) class 3 (c) class 2
  5. 5.⚖️ Which class of lever is a seesaw? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
  6. 6.⚖️ To lift a heavy rock with a crowbar more easily, push … (a) on the fulcrum (b) far from the fulcrum (c) near the fulcrum (d) on the rock
  7. 7.⚖️ Which class of lever is a pair of tweezers? (a) class 2 (b) class 1 (c) class 3
  8. 8.⚖️ Going along a lever from one end to the other, the order is: fulcrum, load, effort. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
  9. 9.⚖️ In a class 2 lever, what is in the middle? (a) the fulcrum (b) the axle (c) the load (d) the effort
  10. 10.⚖️ Going along a lever from one end to the other, the order is: effort, fulcrum, load. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 1 (b) class 2 (c) class 3
  11. 11.⚖️ Which class of lever is a lemon squeezer? (a) class 1 (b) class 3 (c) class 2
  12. 12.True or false: a broom when sweeping is a class 2 lever (load in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a crowbar is a class 1 lever (fulcrum in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a wheelbarrow is a class 2 lever (load in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 40 cm, the fulcrum at 70 cm and the load at 20 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 2 (b) class 3 (c) class 1
  16. 16.⚖️ What is the pivot point of a lever called? (a) the load (b) the effort (c) the axle (d) the fulcrum
  17. 17.True or false: a fishing rod is a class 1 lever (fulcrum in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.⚖️ Which class of lever is a crowbar? (a) class 2 (b) class 3 (c) class 1
  19. 19.⚖️ In a class 1 lever, what is in the middle? (a) the fulcrum (b) the load (c) nothing (d) the effort
  20. 20.True or false: a crowbar is a class 3 lever (effort in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.⚖️ Which class of lever is a bottle opener? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
  22. 22.True or false: a pair of pliers is a class 1 lever (fulcrum in the middle). (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.⚖️ Going along a lever from one end to the other, the order is: load, effort, fulcrum. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
  24. 24.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 90 cm, the fulcrum at 20 cm and the load at 60 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 1 (b) class 2 (c) class 3
  25. 25.⚖️ Which class of lever is a pair of pliers? (a) class 1 (b) class 2 (c) class 3
  26. 26.⚖️ Going along a lever from one end to the other, the order is: effort, load, fulcrum. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 1 (c) class 2
  27. 27.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 50 cm, the fulcrum at 20 cm and the load at 0 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 1 (b) class 2 (c) class 3
  28. 28.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 70 cm, the fulcrum at 60 cm and the load at 20 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 2 (b) class 3 (c) class 1
  29. 29.⚖️ Which class of lever is a pair of scissors? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
  30. 30.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 30 cm, the fulcrum at 40 cm and the load at 60 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
  31. 31.True or false: a lemon squeezer is a class 2 lever (load in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 0 cm, the fulcrum at 40 cm and the load at 60 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
  33. 33.True or false: a pair of scissors is a class 1 lever (fulcrum in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.⚖️ Which class of lever is a broom when sweeping? (a) class 2 (b) class 1 (c) class 3
  35. 35.⚖️ Which class of lever is a pair of kitchen tongs? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
  36. 36.True or false: a fishing rod is a class 3 lever (effort in the middle). (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 20 cm, the fulcrum at 60 cm and the load at 70 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 3 (b) class 2 (c) class 1
  38. 38.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 30 cm, the fulcrum at 90 cm and the load at 60 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 2 (b) class 1 (c) class 3
  39. 39.⚖️ In a class 3 lever, what is in the middle? (a) the fulcrum (b) the effort (c) the load (d) the pulley
  40. 40.⚖️ Along a straight bar, measured from the left end, the effort is at 0 cm, the fulcrum at 30 cm and the load at 70 cm. Which class of lever is it? (a) class 2 (b) class 1 (c) class 3

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. False
  4. class 2
  5. class 1
  6. far from the fulcrum
  7. class 3
  8. class 2
  9. the load
  10. class 1
  11. class 2
  12. False
  13. True
  14. True
  15. class 3
  16. the fulcrum
  17. False
  18. class 1
  19. the fulcrum
  20. False
  21. class 2
  22. True
  23. class 3
  24. class 2
  25. class 1
  26. class 2
  27. class 1
  28. class 1
  29. class 1
  30. class 1
  31. True
  32. class 1
  33. True
  34. class 3
  35. class 3
  36. True
  37. class 1
  38. class 2
  39. the effort
  40. class 1

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