2013~Term 3

Science quiz
Push & Pull

Name:___________

Read the questions carefully and circle the correct

answer.
1. Push and pull are examples of…..
 Forces
 Air balloons
 Games
2. When you are squeezing a sponge dry, you are…
 Push
 Pull
 Both
 Neither
3. The keys on a piano need…….to make a sound
 A push
 A pull
 Both
 neither
4. When you drag a toy cart by string, you use….
 A push
 A pull
 Both
 Neither
5. What could you make move by wind?
 A truck
 A windmill
 A balloon

6. How could you stop a toy car moving down a slope?

  Push it harder
 Put something in its path
 It is impossible to stop it

Bonus marks

7. What would be a good way to speed up onto a slide?

 Hold onto the slide
 Put your feet down
 Wear slippery clothes
8. What is the best description of what forces do?
 They stop things moving
 They start things moving
 They make things speed up, slow down and change direction or
shape