🤚 Part 1: Understanding Forces

1. What is a force?

2. Circle the correct answer: A force can make things...

Move, stop, or change direction

Only move faster

Only change colour

✋ Part 2: Contact Forces

3. Contact forces happen when objects __________ each other.

4. Check all the contact forces below:

Pushing a door

Pulling a rope

A magnet attracting a paperclip

Kicking a football

Gravity pulling an apple down

Friction when sliding down a slide

5. Draw a picture showing yourself using a contact force:

🧲 Part 3: Non-Contact Forces

6. Non-contact forces work without objects __________ each other.

7. Circle the correct answer: Which of these is a non-contact force?

Pushing a trolley

Magnetism

Pulling a wagon

8. Match the non-contact forces with their examples:

1. Gravity

2. Magnetism

3. Static electricity

A. Hair sticking to a balloon

B. A magnet picking up metal clips

C. An apple falling from a tree

9. Draw a picture showing a non-contact force in action:

🔍 Part 4: Identifying Forces

10. Look at each situation. Write "Contact" or "Non-contact" for each force:

a) A child going down a slide: _______________

b) A paperclip jumping to a magnet: _______________

c) Throwing a ball: _______________

d) A ball falling to the ground: _______________

e) Opening a jar lid: _______________

11. Explain the difference between contact and non-contact forces:

🏠 Part 5: Forces Around Us

12. List three contact forces you use at home:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

3. _________________________________

13. List two non-contact forces you can observe at home:

1. _________________________________

2. _________________________________

14. Circle True or False:

You need to touch something to apply a contact force:

True

False

Gravity only works on heavy objects:

True

False

Magnets can work through paper:

True

False

Contact and Non-Contact Forces

Contact and Non-Contact Forces

🤚 Part 1: Understanding Forces

✋ Part 2: Contact Forces

🧲 Part 3: Non-Contact Forces

🔍 Part 4: Identifying Forces

🏠 Part 5: Forces Around Us

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