CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 3 UNIT 5: FORCES AND MAGNETS

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Language worksheet 1
Vocabulary
Read each word and then write it on the line below the picture.
gravity friction surface

The force that pulls objects The force that makes moving Friction happens when one
downwards is called objects slow down is called
_______________ pushes
_______________. _______________. over another.

forcemeters newton
magnetism

The force that makes magnets

The strength of forces can be
measured using
_______________.
The standard unit used to
push or pull is called
measure forces is the
_______________.
_______________.

attract
north pole

When things pull together,

The red end of a magnet is called a
we say they
_______________.
_______________.

repel south pole

When things push apart, we say they The blue end of a magnet is called a

_______________. _______________.

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Language worksheet 2
Skills
Choose the correct words from each word box to finish the sentences.

pull forces ruler forcemeter metre newton

1 Gravity, friction and magnetism are all types of _______________.

2 Forces can be measured using a _______________.

3 The standard unit for measuring forces is the _______________.

sometimes always friction gravity conclusion prediction

4 Objects are pulled towards the centre of the Earth because of _______________.

5 Heavy objects _______________ fall faster than light objects.

6 In an investigation, before you measure you should make a _______________.

friction magnetism faster slower attract repel

7 When one object moves on another, it makes a force called _______________.

8 Friction makes moving objects go _______________.

9 Two north poles always _______________.

10 A north and a south pole will _______________.

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