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Push and Pull Forces
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Push and Pull Forces
Forces can make objects move or change how they move. Choose, sort and describe examples of forces.
Recognising Forces
1.Which statement best describes a force?
- A kind of colour
- A push or a pull
- A sound you can hear
- A shape you can draw
2.Choose push or pull for each action: moving a scooter away from you; bringing a curtain towards you; pressing a lift button; drawing a wagon behind you.
Push or Pull?
3.Label each action PUSH or PULL: rolling a ball away with your hand; opening a sliding drawer towards you; nudging a toy boat across water; tugging a kite string.
4.Select every action that uses a pull force.
- Pulling a zip closed
- Pushing a wheelbarrow
- Drawing a bucket up on a rope
- Pressing a light switch
- Dragging a sleeping bag across the floor
- Kicking a football
Show What You Know
5.Give one example of a push and one example of a pull that could happen at a playground.
6.Imagine you are standing on the left side of a gate, facing it. Draw an arrow showing the direction you would push the gate to move it away from you.
7.Sort these actions into push and pull: squeezing a sponge; pulling a wagon; shutting a cupboard door; lifting a bucket by its handle.
- Squeezing a sponge
- Pulling a wagon
- Shutting a cupboard door
- Lifting a bucket by its handle
- Pull
- Push
- Pull
- Push
8.Describe how a force can change what an object is doing. Give one example.
9.Name an object that can be moved using both a push and a pull. Explain one way to push it and one way to pull it.
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