Grade 2 · Science · Unit 6 of 6
Simple Machines
Levers, ramps, wedges and more
What your child practises
The six simple machines (lever, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, wheel and axle, screw), where we see them every day, and how they make a job take less effort.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving · exploring how simple machines make jobs easier
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A ramp is an…
🛝- inclined plane
- pulley
- wheel and axle
inclined plane
Hint: An inclined plane is a slope that helps move things up or down.
Question 2
Which one makes moving a heavy box up to a truck easier?
- a feather
- a puddle
- a ramp
a ramp
Hint: A ramp is an inclined plane.
Question 3
Which simple machine is a wheel with a groove and a rope?
- pulley
- screw
- wedge
pulley
Hint: A pulley lifts by pulling a rope over a wheel.
Question 4
A bottle opener is a…
- wedge
- lever
- screw
lever
Hint: A bottle opener is a lever that pries off the cap.
Question 5
Which one is NOT one of the six simple machines?
- a lever
- a wedge
- a battery
a battery
Hint: The six: lever, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, wheel and axle, screw.
Question 6
A playground slide is an…
🛝- inclined plane
- wedge
- pulley
inclined plane
Hint: A slide is a slope.