A screwdriver can be used as a lever. When you use a flathead screwdriver to pry open a can of paint, for example, you are using it as a lever.

What class lever is a screwdriver?

You can think of screwdrivers and wrenches as modified class one levers (see 20.03, 28.06 or 32.03 -- Lever arm). A class one lever is one in which the “load” and the “effort” are on opposite sides of the fulcrum.

Is screwdriver a lever or a wheel and axle?

A screwdriver makes use of a simple machine known as the wheel and axle. A wheel and axle is a simple machine made of two circular or cylindrical objects fastened together that rotate about a common axis.