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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Forces - Going Faster (Questions)

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Lots of things move about, on the spot or from place to place. We use force to move about, and animals move about too. Planes, trains, cars and ships move from place to place. They carry people and goods. How fast we are moving is called our speed. Scientists studying forces watch things moving and work out their speed. Can you answer all these questions about being on the move?

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After crawling, a baby starts to ____.

[ ]	Walk
[ ]	Run
[ ]	Laugh
[ ]	Cry

When you go faster than walking, you are _______.

[ ]	Hopping
[ ]	Dawdling
[ ]	Running
[ ]	Crawling

How fast you are going is called your _____.

[ ]	Time
[ ]	Speed
[ ]	Energy
[ ]	Force

On our roads, we measure the speed of cars and trucks in:

[ ]	Meters per second
[ ]	Seconds
[ ]	Miles
[ ]	Miles per hour

The picture shows a speed limit sign near Adil’s home. What is the speed limit near Adil’s home?

[ ]	70 miles per hour
[ ]	40 miles per hour
[ ]	30 miles per hour
[ ]	3 miles per hour

Adam is running in a race. He starts to accelerate. Adam is then going ______.

[ ]	Less quickly
[ ]	Backwards
[ ]	Slower
[ ]	Faster

Cars use gasoline or diesel to make them go. The further they go, the more gasoline or diesel they use. Gasoline and diesel are called _____.

[ ]	Fuels
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Flavours
[ ]	Fruits

These girls are running hard. Running takes a lot of energy. We get our energy from our ____.

[ ]	Sleep
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Hair
[ ]	Hands

Mark’s Mom works in a city. To get to work, she catches a ___.

[ ]	Cold
[ ]	Ball
[ ]	Bus
[ ]	Bicycle

10.

Maria lives in Manchester. She goes to London. She takes the train. The train has wheels. It runs on ______.

[ ]	Roads
[ ]	Streets
[ ]	Runways
[ ]	Tracks

Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Forces - Going Faster (Answers)

After crawling, a baby starts to ____.

[x]	Walk
[ ]	Run
[ ]	Laugh
[ ]	Cry

A baby that has just started to walk is called a toddler

When you go faster than walking, you are _______.

[ ]	Hopping
[ ]	Dawdling
[x]	Running
[ ]	Crawling

Who is the fastest runner in your class?

How fast you are going is called your _____.

[ ]	Time
[x]	Speed
[ ]	Energy
[ ]	Force

The cheetah is the fastest land animal. It has a top speed of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour)

On our roads, we measure the speed of cars and trucks in:

[ ]	Meters per second
[ ]	Seconds
[ ]	Miles
[x]	Miles per hour

The police use speed cameras to spot cars that are going too fast

The picture shows a speed limit sign near Adil’s home. What is the speed limit near Adil’s home?

[ ]	70 miles per hour
[ ]	40 miles per hour
[x]	30 miles per hour
[ ]	3 miles per hour

What is the speed limit near your home?

Adam is running in a race. He starts to accelerate. Adam is then going ______.

[ ]	Less quickly
[ ]	Backwards
[ ]	Slower
[x]	Faster

When a car accelerates it starts to go faster

Cars use gasoline or diesel to make them go. The further they go, the more gasoline or diesel they use. Gasoline and diesel are called _____.

[x]	Fuels
[ ]	Food
[ ]	Flavours
[ ]	Fruits

Gasoline and diesel are fuels. They give cars the energy to go

These girls are running hard. Running takes a lot of energy. We get our energy from our ____.

[ ]	Sleep
[x]	Food
[ ]	Hair
[ ]	Hands

Have you ever been told that you need to run off some energy? What do people mean when they say this?

Mark’s Mom works in a city. To get to work, she catches a ___.

[ ]	Cold
[ ]	Ball
[x]	Bus
[ ]	Bicycle

Do you go on a bus? Where do you go?

10.

Maria lives in Manchester. She goes to London. She takes the train. The train has wheels. It runs on ______.

[ ]	Roads
[ ]	Streets
[ ]	Runways
[x]	Tracks

Have you ever been on a high-speed train? Where did you go?