The thread running around the screw is an inclined plane. If you were to straighten it out, it would be an inclined plane. The screw itself can be considered a combination of wedge and inclined plane.
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Yes, a screw is a helical inclined plane.
It is a screw. A screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a rod
Yes a screw is an inclined plane that is wrapped around a bolt.
A screw is an inclined plane in a spiral.
No, a screw is not an inclined plane. Although a screw can be used to convert rotational motion into linear motion, it is fundamentally different from an inclined plane, which is a flat surface that is slanted at an angle.