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3.11 Simple Machines as Force Changers (Extension) Worksheet

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This Grade 3 Science worksheet provides structured practice on 3.11 Simple Machines as Force Changers (Extension). Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Simple Machines as Force Changers (Extension) - Which choice correctly recognizes how simple machines (lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, screw) change the size or direction of a force in common tasks. (Extension; Virginia SOL 3.2)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Sofia reviews a circle investigation note at the weather station.Sofia observes a simple machine.A garden cart has wheels and an axle.How does this simple machine help change a force?

AThe wheels make the cart rise off the ground.

BThe wheels make the cart harder to move by adding more rubbing.

CThe wheels help only when the cart is empty.

DThe wheels reduce rubbing with the ground so the cart is easier to move.

Solution & Explanation:Wheels can reduce friction compared with dragging the cart on the ground.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

During a Grade 3 science activity at the library makerspace, Mateo uses a red data card.Mateo observes a simple machine.A student uses a lever to lift one side of a heavy rock.How does this simple machine help change a force?

APlace the fulcrum far from the rock being lifted.

BPut the fulcrum on top of the rock.

CPlace the fulcrum closer to the rock being lifted.

DRemove the fulcrum and use only a short stick.

Solution & Explanation:For many levers, a fulcrum closer to the load can make it easier to lift the load.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Nora's group at the schoolyard records observations on a river chart.Nora observes a simple machine.A flag is raised with a fixed pulley. The student pulls down on the rope, and the flag moves up.How does this simple machine help change a force?

AThe pulley makes the flag move sideways instead of upward.

BThe pulley changes the direction of the pull.

CThe pulley measures how high the flag moves.

DThe pulley works only when the rope is pushed upward.

Solution & Explanation:A fixed pulley does not remove the force, but it changes the direction of the force so the student can pull down.

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