🤚 Push and Pull Forces
Learn about push and pull forces—two fundamental contact forces that make objects move. Discover how forces cause objects to start moving, stop, speed up, slow down, or change direction. Explore real-world examples from everyday activities and predict how forces affect motion. **What you'll learn:** - Identify push and pull as two types of contact forces - Recognize real-world examples of pushing and pulling - Understand how forces change an object's motion - Predict motion outcomes when forces are applied
Questions in this quiz
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- Question 1
Which of the following is the BEST example of a push force?
- Question 2
A pull force always moves an object away from you.
- Question 3
What happens to a toy car when you give it a quick push?
- Question 4
Which activity uses a pull force?
- Question 5
Both push and pull forces are types of contact forces because they require touching the object.
- Question 6
A student pushes on a desk to slide it across the classroom floor. What is the BEST description of what the push force does?
- Question 7
When you pull back on the handle of a drawer, what do you feel the drawer doing?
- Question 8
A push force can only be used to make objects move faster, not slower.
- Question 9
Which of these is an example of a force that causes an object to CHANGE DIRECTION?
- Question 10
A child on a swing needs to start moving. Which force should be applied?
- Question 11
Pulling on a door handle and pushing on a door are both examples of forces that affect how objects move.
- Question 12
If a ball is rolling toward you and you want to stop it, what force would you apply?
- Question 13
Opening a window by pushing it upward is an example of a pull force.
- Question 14
A student wants to move a chair across the room. What is the relationship between the size of the force applied and how the chair moves?
- Question 15
Which pair of actions BEST shows one push force and one pull force?