Lesson Worksheet: Forces and Motion Science • 3rd Grade
In this worksheet, we will practice identifying forces and describing the effects that they can have on motion.
Q1:
The picture shows two children riding their scooters.
What force is needed to create motion (or movement) on a scooter?
- APush
- BGravity
- CPull
How can the children increase the speed at which their scooters travel?
- ABy keeping the amount of push the same
- BBy increasing the amount of push on the scooter
- CBy increasing the amount of pull on the scooter
Q2:
What affects the distance that the ball travels?
- AThe type of soccer cleats the player is wearing
- BHow tall the soccer player is
- CThe amount of force used to kick it
Q3:
Fill in the blank: A force is a push or a .
- Apull
- Bjump
- Cmagnet
Q4:
Noah is playing with a rubber balloon. Which of the following is not a way to get the balloon moving?
- AKicking the balloon with his foot
- BAttracting the balloon with a magnet
- CThrowing the balloon with his hand
Q5:
Magnetism is a noncontact force that can lead to motion.
What motion will these magnets experience as they are brought close together?
- AThey will push away from each other.
- BThey will pull toward each other.
Fill in the blank: The hands could stop this motion by using a force to balance the magnetic force.
- Apull
- Bpush
Q6:
When a footballer kicks a football, the football moves away from them. What kind of force is this?
- AA pull force
- BA push force
Q7:
Look at the image. When Mia throws the ball, it travels in the air toward Benjamin.
Complete the following sentence to explain what is happening here: Mia provides a force to the ball and this causes the ball to .
- Apush, stop
- Bpush, move
- Cpull, stop
- Dpull, move
Q8:
Liam is about to slide a box across a surface.
Fill in the blank: The force that Liam uses will cause .
- Ano change
- Bmotion
Q9:
When a cyclist pushes harder on one of the handlebars, what type of action does this cause?
- AIt will cause the cyclist to move backward.
- BIt will cause the cyclist to turn.
- CIt will cause the cyclist to stop.
Q10:
Benjamin used a push force to send his toy car travelling across the floor.
Which of these forces will cause the car to slow down and then stop moving?
- AAn upward push force from the floor
- BAn upward push force from the car
- CFriction between the car and the floor surface
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