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Understanding Forces: Pushes & Pulls
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Understanding Forces: Pushes & Pulls
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Recognising Forces
1.What is a force?
- A push or pull that can change an object's movement or shape
- A kind of light that comes from the Sun
- A material that objects are made from
- A measure of how warm something is
2.A ball is still on the floor. Georgia nudges it with her foot. What is most likely to happen next?
- The ball begins to move
- The ball changes colour
- The ball becomes heavier
- The ball turns into a different material
3.Select every action that uses a pulling force.
- Tane tugs a rope to bring a small boat towards the wharf
- Arjun presses a button
- Georgia draws a chair towards herself
- Tane kicks a ball away
4.Which change would not usually be caused directly by pushing or pulling an object?
- A moving object slows down
- A soft object changes shape
- An object changes colour
- A resting object starts to move
5.A person moves a supply cart away from themselves along the lighthouse wharf. What type of force are they using?
6.Describe what friction from a rough path could do to a toy car rolling along it. Use the word slow or stop in your answer.
7.Match each action with the force or effect it shows.
- Pulling a wagon by its handle
- Pressing a trolley forwards
- Squashing a soft sponge
- Catching a moving ball
- Bending a flexible ruler
- Push
- A change in shape
- A change in shape
- Pull
- A moving object slows or stops
8.Draw one example of a push or pull that could happen at a lighthouse. Label the force and write what it does to the object.
9.A stationary crate is pushed, but it is too heavy to move. Has a force acted on it? Explain briefly.
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