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Grade 2 · Science · Unit 9 of 12

Push & Pull

Forces make things move

What your child practises

Pushes and pulls, magnets, gravity, and how surfaces slow things down.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: D2.1, D2.2 · the ways an object can move and how its position can be changed

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which would slide the farthest?

    • 🏖️a puck on sand
    • 🌿a puck on thick grass
    • 🏒a puck on ice
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    🏒 a puck on ice

    Hint: Smooth, slippery surfaces let things slide farther.

  2. Question 2

    A force can change the…

    • 🎂age of a toy
    • 🧭speed or direction of a moving object
    • 🌤️colour of the sky
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    🧭 speed or direction of a moving object

    Hint: Pushes and pulls can speed things up, slow them down, or turn them.

  3. Question 3

    Gravity pulls things…

    🍎
    • ⬇️down
    • ➡️sideways
    • ⬆️up
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    ⬇️ down

    Hint: When you drop a ball, gravity pulls it down to the ground.

  4. Question 4

    Which would be hardest to push?

    • 🪶a feather
    • 🎈a balloon
    • 📦a heavy box
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    📦 a heavy box

    Hint: Heavier things need a bigger force to move them.

  5. Question 5

    Which is easier to push?

    • 📚a box full of books
    • 📦an empty box
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    📦 an empty box

    Hint: Heavier things need a bigger push to move.

  6. Question 6

    Is it a push or a pull? Tap an item, then tap its basket.

    Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull

    • 🪢tug-of-war
    • 🛷pull a sled
    • 🛒push a cart
    • ⚽kick a ball
    • 🔔ring a doorbell
    • 🎣reel in a fish
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    👐 push: push a cart, kick a ball, ring a doorbell · 🪢 pull: tug-of-war, pull a sled, reel in a fish

    Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves something toward you.

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