Question

Give 2 examples of simple machines in the kitchen or garden that may cause injury.
Explain how you can avoid harm when using them?

Answer 1

Answer:

knife and metallic substance

Answer 2

Examples of simple machines in kitchen and garden are as follows -

• A simple machine in kitchen is knife which is a wedge basically. The kitchen knife may cause injury and to avoid the injury extreme care while using the kitchen knife is necessary. We can also use protective hand gloves to avoid injuries from kitchen knife.
• A simple machine in garden is crowbar. The crowbar may cause injury while digging a hole with it, and we can avoid the injury by putting extreme care while using this. We have to use firm grip and avoid slipping while using the crowbar.