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Design/Technology Quiz - Machines (Questions)

This KS1 Design and Technology quiz helps children learn about machines, moving parts and how simple designs can make jobs easier.

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Fascinating Fact:

Wheels, levers and pulleys can help machines move or lift things.

In KS1 Design and Technology, children learn how simple machines and moving parts can be used in products. This topic helps pupils think about how things work, how they move and how designs can be improved.

Key Terms

Machine: Something made to help people do a job more easily.
Mechanism: A set of parts that work together to make movement happen.
Movement: The way something changes position, such as turning, sliding or lifting.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are machines in KS1 Design and Technology?

Machines are things made to help people do jobs, such as carrying, cutting, turning, pushing or pulling more easily.

What do children learn about moving parts in KS1?

Children learn that some products have parts that move, and that these parts can help the product work in a useful way.

Why do pupils test machines and models in Design and Technology?

Pupils test machines and models to check whether they work safely, move as expected and can be made better.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

Connor’s Mum works in a factory. She helps to design and build machines. Connor’s Mum is an ________.

[ ]	Nurse
[ ]	Doctor
[ ]	Teacher
[ ]	Engineer

2.

What machine helps to keep clothes clean?

[ ]	A cooker
[ ]	A washing machine
[ ]	A food mixer
[ ]	A fridge

3.

Which one of these machines is used to clean the carpets in a house?

[ ]	A washing machine
[ ]	A hair dryer
[ ]	A vacuum cleaner
[ ]	A hedge trimmer

4.

What is needed to make both washing machines and vacuum cleaners work?

[ ]	Gas
[ ]	Steam
[ ]	Water
[ ]	Electricity

5.

Sunil’s Mum is painting a door. The lid of the tin of paint is stuck on. Sunil’s Mum gets a screwdriver. She uses the screwdriver to prise the lid off the tin of paint. Sunil’s Mum has been using a _____.

[ ]	Knife
[ ]	Lever
[ ]	Spoon
[ ]	Wheel

6.

Freddie is building a toy car. He makes the body. Then he adds wheels. Why does he add wheels?

[ ]	So it moves more easily
[ ]	So it looks good
[ ]	So it can fly
[ ]	So it looks finished

7.

Freddie puts the wheels on to axles. What do the axles do?

[ ]	Stop the wheels moving
[ ]	Let the wheels go round
[ ]	Make the car lighter
[ ]	Make electricity

8.

Emma is on her bike. When she has to go up a hill she changes ____.

[ ]	Gear
[ ]	Her shoes
[ ]	The wheel
[ ]	Her clothes

9.

Sam is in a big shop with his mum. They want to go up to the second floor. They use a machine to go up to the second floor. What machine do they use?

[ ]	A corridor
[ ]	A flight of stairs
[ ]	An escalator
[ ]	A hall

10.

Which one of these parts of a car is a machine?

[ ]	The windscreen
[ ]	The seats
[ ]	The engine
[ ]	The boot

Design/Technology Quiz - Machines (Answers)

1.

Connor’s Mum works in a factory. She helps to design and build machines. Connor’s Mum is an ________.

[ ]	Nurse
[ ]	Doctor
[ ]	Teacher
[x]	Engineer

What do you want to be when you grow up?

2.

What machine helps to keep clothes clean?

[ ]	A cooker
[x]	A washing machine
[ ]	A food mixer
[ ]	A fridge

How does a washing machine work?

3.

Which one of these machines is used to clean the carpets in a house?

[ ]	A washing machine
[ ]	A hair dryer
[x]	A vacuum cleaner
[ ]	A hedge trimmer

Vacuum cleaners are often called hoovers

4.

What is needed to make both washing machines and vacuum cleaners work?

[ ]	Gas
[ ]	Steam
[ ]	Water
[x]	Electricity

Lots of machines use electricity

5.

Sunil’s Mum is painting a door. The lid of the tin of paint is stuck on. Sunil’s Mum gets a screwdriver. She uses the screwdriver to prise the lid off the tin of paint. Sunil’s Mum has been using a _____.

[ ]	Knife
[x]	Lever
[ ]	Spoon
[ ]	Wheel

What else might you open with a lever?

6.

Freddie is building a toy car. He makes the body. Then he adds wheels. Why does he add wheels?

[x]	So it moves more easily
[ ]	So it looks good
[ ]	So it can fly
[ ]	So it looks finished

Lots of machines have wheels so they can move more easily

7.

Freddie puts the wheels on to axles. What do the axles do?

[ ]	Stop the wheels moving
[x]	Let the wheels go round
[ ]	Make the car lighter
[ ]	Make electricity

The axles also connect the wheels to the body of the car

8.

Emma is on her bike. When she has to go up a hill she changes ____.

[x]	Gear
[ ]	Her shoes
[ ]	The wheel
[ ]	Her clothes

Lots of machines, like bikes and cars, have gears so they can go at different speeds and work harder

9.

Sam is in a big shop with his mum. They want to go up to the second floor. They use a machine to go up to the second floor. What machine do they use?

[ ]	A corridor
[ ]	A flight of stairs
[x]	An escalator
[ ]	A hall

Lifts are also machines

10.

Which one of these parts of a car is a machine?

[ ]	The windscreen
[ ]	The seats
[x]	The engine
[ ]	The boot

Most cars have petrol or diesel engines