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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Forces - On The Move (Questions)

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When looking at forces in science at school you have found out about things moving or being in motion. Cars, people, bikes, planes, animals - they all move by using forces. What makes them go? How do they go? What keeps cars in motion? You can make things move. You can kick a ball, throw a ball or hit a ball with a bat. What do you know about how things move?

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These children are playing soccer. They are:

[ ]	Standing still
[ ]	Moving about
[ ]	Running on the spot
[ ]	Running round in circles

These children are stood in one place. But they are moving. How do you know they are moving?

[ ]	The hula-hoops are going round
[ ]	The children are in the gym
[ ]	The hula-hoops are on the ground
[ ]	The children are at school

This family are having fun in the garden. Mom and the children are in the barrow. What helps the barrow to move?

[ ]	The air
[ ]	The trees
[ ]	The wheel
[ ]	The children

This game is called snooker. The player is going to hit the white ball with the wooden cue. What will happen to the white ball?

[ ]	It will not move
[ ]	It will move to the right
[ ]	It will move to the left
[ ]	It will burst

Not everything that moves has wheels. This is a bobsleigh. It goes down the track very fast. What helps the bobsleigh to go so fast?

[ ]	The color of the bobsleigh
[ ]	The track is very smooth
[ ]	It is winter
[ ]	It is a sunny day

Water in rivers and streams is moving. The water:

[ ]	Goes uphill
[ ]	Goes downhill
[ ]	Is not moving
[ ]	Is boiling

The picture shows a steam train. In which direction is the steam train moving?

[ ]	Up
[ ]	Down
[ ]	To the right
[ ]	To the left

This plane is taking off. Which direction is it moving?

[ ]	Up and to the left
[ ]	Down and to the right
[ ]	Down and to the left
[ ]	Up and to the right

These yachts are moving quickly through the water. What is pushing them along?

[ ]	An engine
[ ]	The wind
[ ]	A motor
[ ]	The rain

10.

Sarah is going to reverse her car. Which way will it move?

[ ]	Backwards
[ ]	Forwards
[ ]	To the right
[ ]	Sideways

Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Forces - On The Move (Answers)

These children are playing soccer. They are:

[ ]	Standing still
[x]	Moving about
[ ]	Running on the spot
[ ]	Running round in circles

None of the players stand still all the time

These children are stood in one place. But they are moving. How do you know they are moving?

[x]	The hula-hoops are going round
[ ]	The children are in the gym
[ ]	The hula-hoops are on the ground
[ ]	The children are at school

You can be moving but not going anywhere!

This family are having fun in the garden. Mom and the children are in the barrow. What helps the barrow to move?

[ ]	The air
[ ]	The trees
[x]	The wheel
[ ]	The children

Wheelbarrows make it easier to move heavy loads

This game is called snooker. The player is going to hit the white ball with the wooden cue. What will happen to the white ball?

[ ]	It will not move
[ ]	It will move to the right
[x]	It will move to the left
[ ]	It will burst

Snooker players are very skillful

Not everything that moves has wheels. This is a bobsleigh. It goes down the track very fast. What helps the bobsleigh to go so fast?

[ ]	The color of the bobsleigh
[x]	The track is very smooth
[ ]	It is winter
[ ]	It is a sunny day

The bobsleigh has runners instead of wheels

Water in rivers and streams is moving. The water:

[ ]	Goes uphill
[x]	Goes downhill
[ ]	Is not moving
[ ]	Is boiling

Water in rivers starts in the hills and flows down to the sea

The picture shows a steam train. In which direction is the steam train moving?

[ ]	Up
[ ]	Down
[ ]	To the right
[x]	To the left

How many carriages has this train?

This plane is taking off. Which direction is it moving?

[ ]	Up and to the left
[ ]	Down and to the right
[ ]	Down and to the left
[x]	Up and to the right

The plane has to go very fast along the runway so it can take off

These yachts are moving quickly through the water. What is pushing them along?

[ ]	An engine
[x]	The wind
[ ]	A motor
[ ]	The rain

Have you ever been on a sailboat?

10.

Sarah is going to reverse her car. Which way will it move?

[x]	Backwards
[ ]	Forwards
[ ]	To the right
[ ]	Sideways

Cars usually go forwards. But cars can be reversed. To reverse means to go backwards