Science Class 5 Other

Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.

A screw is often described as a "hidden" simple machine. Which other simple machine is "wrapped" around a cylinder to create a screw?

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A Lever
B Wedge
C Inclined plane
D Pulley

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Answer: C. Inclined plane

If you wrap a slope, an inclined plane, around a cylinder, it forms a spiral thread. That is why a screw is a hidden inclined plane.

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A screw is often described as a "hidden" simple machine. Which other simple machine is "wrapped" around a cylinder to create a screw?

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