INCLINED PLANE









Moving a heavy load
 

Lifting an object 



1. Consist of a plane or a flat surface placed in a slanting manner.
2. It is easier to push a heavy load up a gentle inclined plane that a steep inclined plane.
3. It allow us to use a smaller force (efford) to move or push heavy load.
4. A staircase is another example of an incline plane.
 

A staircase 


5. It makes us easier to walk up.
6. A winding road up a mountain as shown below is an inclined plane.

 
 A winding road up a mountain 



 7. The winding road makes us easier to travel up to the mountain.