--- title: Pulleys, gears and big machines — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Physics description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / Pulleys, gears and big machines # Pulleys, gears and big machines The 15 questions of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» of the physics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t1/) — oi, the car's on the jack, just crawl under and grab my ball. fine? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t2/) — A builder hooks his rope through four pulleys instead of one. Why does he have to pull so much rope? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t3/) — In a cartoon, a crane lifts a whole ship far out on its arm with no counterweight and stays perfectly upright. What's wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t4/) — your mum says lifts can fall like in films. should you panic? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t5/) — Jas is cycling up a steep hill and her legs are dying. What should she do? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t6/) — Three gears are in a row. The first turns clockwise. Which way does the third turn? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t7/) — What would happen if a clock's hour hand were joined straight to the minute hand with no gears? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t8/) — Why did villagers long ago build their mill next to a stream? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t9/) — What's the clever trick that lets one motor run a whole escalator? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t10/) — Why can you raise the school flag with one hand even though the flag is high up? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/t11/) — Why can a small motor raise a heavy lift full of people? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/e1/) — Identify the principal function of a single fixed pulley. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/e2/) — Ascertain the direction of rotation of a gear meshed directly with a second gear rotating clockwise. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of the counterweight of a lift? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/35-pulleys-gears-and-big-machines/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a system of several pulleys. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [34. Wheels, axles, ramps and screws](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/) - next →: [36. Speed: fast and slow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/) - ↑ back to [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/)