Grade 2 · Science · Unit 3 of 4
Push & Pull
Forces make things move
What your child practises
Pushes and pulls, magnets, gravity, and how surfaces slow things down.
Yukon Curriculum learning standard: Forces: pushes and pulls; effects of forces on motion
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which would slide the farthest?
- 🏖️a puck on sand
- 🌿a puck on thick grass
- 🏒a puck on ice
🏒 a puck on ice
Hint: Smooth, slippery surfaces let things slide farther.
Question 2
A force can change the…
- 🎂age of a toy
- 🧭speed or direction of a moving object
- 🌤️colour of the sky
🧭 speed or direction of a moving object
Hint: Pushes and pulls can speed things up, slow them down, or turn them.
Question 3
Gravity pulls things…
🍎- ⬇️down
- ➡️sideways
- ⬆️up
⬇️ down
Hint: When you drop a ball, gravity pulls it down to the ground.
Question 4
Which would be hardest to push?
- 🪶a feather
- 🎈a balloon
- 📦a heavy box
📦 a heavy box
Hint: Heavier things need a bigger force to move them.
Question 5
Which is easier to push?
- 📚a box full of books
- 📦an empty box
📦 an empty box
Hint: Heavier things need a bigger push to move.
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
👐 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.