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title: Simple machines and how they help — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» of the world 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.
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# Simple machines and how they help

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The 16 questions of lesson 52 «Simple machines and how they help» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 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/world/52-simple-machines/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t1/) — A girl and her much heavier father sit on a see-saw. How can they balance? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t2/) — Which is true about every simple machine? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t3/) — A worker must get a heavy barrel onto a lorry. Which helps most without a crane? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t4/) — Why is a long spanner better than a short one for undoing a stiff nut? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t5/) — A pulley is fixed at the top of a well. What is the main help it gives? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t6/) — A ramp is made longer and less steep. What happens to the push needed? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t7/) — Why does a steering wheel have a large rim instead of a small one? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t8/) — If you move the pivot of a lever closer to the heavy load, what happens? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t9/) — why push a heavy box up a ramp not just lift it — right ✓ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t10/) — door handle far from the hinge, why tho — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t11/) — my mate says a pulley always makes lifting lighter. true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/t12/) — a video said a clever machine can give you more work than you put in. right? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a simple machine? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/e2/) — It is given that a load is raised by means of a lever. Ascertain the condition under which the least effort shall be required. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/e3/) — Identify the principal advantage conferred by an inclined plane in respect of the elevation of a heavy load. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/52-simple-machines/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a single fixed pulley. — right ✓ · exam

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