Ck 12: Physical Science: Mechanical Advantage

Need a quick reference sheet for a physical science class? A helpful single-page sheet contains the periodic table of elements, a chart of metric prefixes, a display of the electromagnetic spectrum, and several physical science...

This digital textbook covers core physical science concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, and videos.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this tutorial, students will be able to identify and describe several physical science careers.

A quick review of surface processes and landforms including mechanical weathering.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a screw is, how it works and its mechanical advantage.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a wedge is and its mechanical advantage, how it changes force to make work easier.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a definition of a compound machine with examples and discusses the efficiency and mechanical advantage of compound machines.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what an inclined plane is, its mechanical advantage, and how it changes force to make work easier.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a mechanical wave is and what it travels through, and different types of mechanical waves.

Explains what resistance is and factors that affect it, and how it can be advantageous and disadvantageous. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]