Which of the following is an example of the force of gravity?

• • A balloon floating up to the ceiling in a classroom

• • A car’s tires moving against a road

    A car’s tires moving against a road

• • A volleyball passing over the net and landing in the sand

• A student opening the door to enter a classroom

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After which of the following activities can you measure the change in position and motion of a baseball?​​​​​​​

• Hitting a baseball with a baseball bat

• • Holding a baseball in your hands, waiting to throw it

• A baseball sitting on the ground

• A baseball waiting to be taken out of a bag at the beginning of baseball practice

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Which of the following activities can use both push and pull forces?

• Turning a light switch on and off

• Opening and closing a kitchen drawer

• Kicking a soccer ball

• Turning a ceiling fan on and off using its attached cord

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NGSS.3-PS2-1

What forces happen while these people are getting groceries?

• Both people pull the cart.

• • No force is acting on the cart.

    No force is acting on the cart.

• Both push the cart.

• • One pushes the cart, and the other pulls the cart.

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What force could allow a person to stick a piece of paper to a refrigerator?​​​​​​​

• • Friction

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• • Pulling

What two forces are working the most on the go-kart in this image?

Select two correct answers.

• Pushing

• • Magnetism

• Pulling

• • Gravity

• Position

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A group of students conducts an experiment measuring how pushing and pulling forces affect the positions of different objects. Students recorded their results in the data table below.

Select the object whose position was most affected by the student’s push force

and

the object whose position was least affected by the student’s pull force.

Select two correct answers.

• • Brown, cardboard tube

• • Red, glass marble

• • Orange table-tennis ball

• White golf ball

• • Blue bouncy ball

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The image provided shows different locations on a roller coaster. In which of the numbered locations is the force of gravity on the roller coaster car the easiest to see working?

Select the correct answer.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The image provided shows different locations of a beach ball that a group of students is playing with. In which of the numbered locations is the beach ball’s position changed by a pushing force?

Select two correct answers.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Using any of the supplies provided, how could you create an investigation to demonstrate how the position and motion of an object are changed by pushing and pulling forces?

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