| Copy and paste definition | Definition in kids' speak | Image link | |
| machine | an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task. | a machine has several different parts for it to work. | |
| lever | a rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other. | It is used to move heavy iteams around | Lever Image Link |
| pulley | a piece of equipment for moving heavy objects up or down, consisting of a small wheel over which a rope or chain attached to the object can be easily raised or lowered: | It is used to lift up heavy weights.iu | Pulley Image Link |
| screw | a short, slender, sharp-pointed metal pin with a raised helical thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated so that it pierces wood or other material and is held tightly in place. | A short and sharp pointed metal which goes through wood | Screw Image Link |
| wedge | a piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them. | A wedge can be used in different ways and in different material. | Wedge Image link |
| incline | an evergreen oak of the southwestern United States that is often cultivated as a shade tree. | Incline Image link | |
| plane | a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie. | It is use for force load to land on. | Plane Image link |
| wheel | a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground. | A machine that uses a rope to unwind from a wheel. | Wedge Image Link |
| axle | a rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) passing through the centre of a wheel or group of wheels. | A rod that goes throught the centre of two wheels | |
| fulcrum | the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body. | Balance a lever on a fulcrum | Fulcrum |
| slant | lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal. | S | Slant |
| slope | A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface | Slope is like inclined plane it is on a angle or side, and it hasa big side and a small side | Slope |
| work | exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. | Hard learning or teaching that can give you smarter brains and more ideas. | Work |
| effort | a vigorous or determined attempt. | To improve skills or the power for your achievements or goals. | Effort |
| resistance | the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding. | pushing your self in hard work and being calm wich makes you proud of all the work you have a complished. | Resistance |
| direction | The way in which someone or something faces or travels. | The way someone is moving. | |
| magnitude | size extent. | How big something is. | |
| force | power, energy | The energy that is used to push something. | |
| centre | exact middle | The exact middle. | |
| load | An amount of something that is carried. | A thing that is carried. | |
| apply | To lay on. | To stick something on another object. | |
| mechanical | echanical is a language of moveables parts Mechanical may refer to | mechanical is something like fixing car's. | Image Link |
| alter | change in character or composition typically in a comparatively small but significant way. | alter is something that changes | Image Link |
| multiply | Six simple force-multiplying devices - the simple machines. Lever, pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane. | making something get bigger like the timetables | image link |
| increase | car use is increasing at an alarming rate synonyms growget bigger get larger become greate | when something gets bigger than it's original size | IMAGE LINK |
| decrease | make or become smaller or fewer in size amount intensity or degree. | Decrease makes something smaller | Image LINK |
| thread (on a screw) | A screw thread, often shortened to thread, is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. | thread on a screw link |
I am a Year 8 student at Panmure Bridge School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Learning Space 2 and my teachers are Mrs Anderson and Ms Kirkpatrick.
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Friday, 16 October 2015
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