Pushes and Pulls
Friction
Magnets
Gravity/ Magnets
200

If you push your baby brother in his stroller harder than your friend, the stroller will go _______. 

a. Slower

b. At the same speed

c. Faster

d. Up

What is faster?

200

All three second grade classes are racing toy cars down ramps. Which ramp will help our class win the race?

a. A tall ramp that is rough

b. A short ramp that is smooth

c. A tall ramp that is smooth

d. A short ramp that is rough

What is a tall ramp that is smooth?


200

This picture shows a pair of bar magnets doing what? 

What is attracting?

200

Snow falls from the clouds to the ground. It is pulled towards the ground because of ______.

a. Friction

b. Direction

c. Gravity

d. Push

What is gravity?

400

Force is the ___________ on an object. Force makes an object move or change direction.

a. Change in weight

b. Push or pull

c. Rough surface

d. Smooth surface

What is push or pull?

400

You are playing with marbles. You roll them across the carpet and then across the frozen pond in your backyard. Which of the following is true?

a. The marbles on the carpet roll further than the marbles do on the frozen pond.

b. The marbles on the carpet and the frozen pond travel the same distance.

c. The marbles on the frozen pond roll further than the marbles do on the carpet.

d. The marbles don't move in either place.

What is the marbles on the frozen pond roll further than the marbles do on the carpet?

400

_____ poles repel each other.

a. Rough

b. Opposite

c. Same

d. No

What is same?

400

Which of the following is a tool that we can use to locate the north pole of the planet? 

a. A water bottle

b. A compass

c. A plastic bowl

d. A chair

What is a compass?

600

The picture shows what type of force?

What is a pull?

600

Jack and Jill are trying to move a heavy desk across the fuzzy carpet, but friction is making it very hard to move it. What can they do to move the entire desk easier?

a. They should put cardboard under the desk to help it glide across the floor

b. They should give up

c. They take the desk apart, move it in pieces, and rebuild it

d. They should sit on the desk

What is they should put cardboard under the desk to help it glide across the floor?

600

Magnets attract to which of the following? (You must say all of the correct answers to get the points)

Plastic

Rubber

Iron

Wood

Glass

Steel

What are iron and steel?

600

Which of the following items that attract to magnets? (List all the correct answers to receive points.)

Crayons

Scissors (the part that cuts, not the handle)

Markers

Paper clips

Paper

Classroom door handle

What are scissors, paper clips, and the classroom door handle?

800

The boy is pushing the girl on the swing with his hands. The girl swings forward. Name the direction of the push.

What is away from the boy's hands?

800

The gears in a machine stopped turning. What can we do to reduce the friction between the gears? 

a. Nothing. The gears will work when they get some rest

b. Buy a new machine

c. Take the gears down

d. Lubricate it with oil or grease

What is lubricate it with oil or grease?

800

Which of the following everyday items contains magnets?

a. Tennis shoes

b. Scrubbies

c. Cups

d. Speakers

What are speakers?

800

Spiderman drops an egg from the top of a bridge. The winter soldier drops a basketball at the same time. Which will hit the ground first?

What is they will hit the ground at the same time?

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