Levers, mechanical advantage and disadvantage
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I can draw and label the different components of a lever system and describe mechanical advantage and disadvantage.
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In our bodies, levers are made from bones, joints and muscles working together.
A lever consists of a fulcrum (joint), the effort (muscle creating the movement) and the load (weight or resistance).
There are three lever systems in the human body.
A lever can operate with both mechanical advanatge or mechanical disadvantage,
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