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WorksheetsScience 2 Understanding Motion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which sentence best tells what motion is?
Making a sound with your voice
Growing taller over many months
Changing position from one place to another
Staying in one spot all day
A cat walks from the couch to the door. What just happened?
Only a sound happened with no movement
The cat grew but did not move
Motion happened because it changed position
No motion happened at all
Which example shows an object that needs an external force to move?
A puppy wagging its tail
A bird flapping its wings
A child blinking eyes quickly
A ball rolling after a kick
You place a toy car on the floor and do nothing. What will the car do?
Stay still until something pushes it
Make motion just by thinking
Move all by itself right away
Change position without any help
A skateboard is at the top of a small ramp. What should happen for it to start moving?
It should sing a song to begin motion
It should wait and move by itself
It should grow bigger to start moving
Someone should push or it should roll down
Look at image A: two students are pushing a cart with books. Is the cart showing motion or at rest?
Showing motion
Staying at rest
Getting heavier
Changing color
Look at image B: a student is ringing a bell. Which part is most likely moving?
The pole
The student’s shoes
The bell
The ground
Look at image C: one student pushes another on a swing. Which picture(s) show motion?
Only A shows motion
A, B, and C show motion
Only B shows motion
Only C shows motion
Look at the boy jumping on the trampoline. Which direction is he moving when he goes up from the trampoline?
Horizontal direction left
Lateral direction across
Backward direction behind
Vertical direction up
See the apples dropping from the tree. What is the direction of their motion as they fall toward the ground?
Circular direction around
Vertical direction down
Forward direction ahead
Rightward direction only
In the fencing picture, the player on the left steps forward while the other steps backward. Which kind of motion is shown on the floor?
Forward and backward motion
Up and down motion
Left and right motion
Spinning around motion
You need to place a toy car on a path to move side to side. Which motion should the toy car use?
Backward only motion
Left and right motion
Up and down motion
Forward only motion
Two bikers reach a fork in the path. One turns left and the other turns right. What directions are they showing?
Up and down directions
Left and right directions
Inside and outside directions
Forward and backward directions
Which picture best shows vertical motion?
Apples dropping down
A car moving sideways
Fencers stepping forward
Bikers turning right
Look at the picture of the soccer goalkeeper diving. Which direction is the goalkeeper moving?
up and down
around in circles
left and right
forward and backward
