What is a lever?
Figure out what a lever is on this page!
The lever is one of the most basic forms of machine.
The lever helps us lift heavy things that we cant lift a lot easier! Even know it looks like nothing there is actually a lot of things going on to make the object lift easy!
A lever can be described as a long rigid body with a fulcrum along its length.
The effort is you, the load is the thing your lifting and the fulcrum is the thing under whatever your sitting on.
some different types of levers
A normal lever
This is a lever that people usually used before we built these new machines.
A fishing rod
A fishing rod is actually a type of lever! You are the force, the stick is the fulcrum and the load is the fish!
A hammer
Have you seen the other end of the hammer? Well that helps you pull nails out of wood or other things.
There are so many different types of levers!
Have i not answered all of your questions?
There are so many different types of levers i have not mentioned yet that you can discover! So practice different types of levers in your own backyard!!