Strength and Motion of Forces Quiz for 2nd grade

What causes an object to move?

• The wind

• The sun

• Forces, like pushes and pulls,

• Everything

What are two ways you can make a ball move? Write your answer in a COMPLETE sentence.

If I kick a soccer ball really hard what will happen?

• The ball will go really far or up in the air.

• The soccer ball will not move at all.

• The soccer ball will move only a little.

• Nothing.

If I push a light object down a ramp on wheels, what will happen?

• It will roll down the ramp and go really far.

• It will not move.

• It will roll down the ramp, but not go really far.

• It will fly up into the air.

Which picture shows something being pushed?

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Which TWO pictures show something being pulled.

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Which THREE pictures show something being pushed?

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What will happen if you push a bedroom wall?

• The wall will get hot.

• The wall will move a lot.

• The wall will move a little.

• The wall will not move.

If you push a heavy bowling ball and a light balloon down the same ramp, which item will go a longer distance?

• The bowling ball will go a longer distance because it is heavier.

• The balloon will go a longer distance because it is lighter.

• The bowling ball will go a longer distance because it is lighter.

• Both the bowling ball and the balloon will go the same distance.

If a marble hits another marble, what will happen?

• Nothing. Both marbles will stay where they are.

• The marbles will collide and move in different directions.

• Both marbles will move in the same direction.

• Both marbles will get really hot.