Science · Forces and motion
Pushes and Pulls Quiz
Kindergarten forces: push, pull, faster, slower, and changing direction.
- 🎓 Grades K–1
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When you open a drawer, do you push or pull?
- A Push
- B Pull
When you close a door, do you push or pull?
- A Push
- B Pull
When you kick a ball, is it a push or a pull?
- A Push
- B Pull
When you tug a wagon behind you, is it a push or a pull?
- A Pull
- B Push
What is a push or a pull called?
- A A sound
- B A color
- C A force
- D A shape
What happens if you push a ball harder?
- A It stops
- B It turns blue
- C It goes faster and farther
- D It gets smaller
What makes a swing go higher?
- A A smaller push
- B A bigger push
- C No push
- D A wet seat
What pulls things down to the ground?
- A Wind
- B Gravity
- C Light
- D Sound
Which is easier to push?
- A A box full of books
- B An empty box
- C A box full of rocks
- D A big desk
What happens when a rolling ball hits a wall?
- A It turns into a cube
- B It goes faster through the wall
- C Nothing happens
- D It stops or bounces back
Which way does a ball go when you throw it up?
- A It stays still in the air
- B Up, then back down
- C Up forever
- D Sideways forever
Which toy do you pull?
- A A shopping cart from behind
- B A door to close it
- C A wagon on a rope
- D A swing from behind
Which surface makes a toy car roll the farthest?
- A Grass
- B Sand
- C A smooth floor
- D A thick carpet
How can you change the direction a ball rolls?
- A Look at it
- B Clap your hands
- C Sing to it
- D Push it from the side
What happens to a toy car on a steep ramp?
- A It rolls up by itself
- B It flies away
- C It rolls down fast
- D It stays still
What happens if two kids pull a rope the same amount in opposite ways?
- A The rope does not move
- B One kid flies away
- C The rope breaks
- D The rope gets longer
Which needs a pull?
- A Pushing a stroller
- B Kicking a ball
- C Picking an apple off a tree
- D Pressing a button
Which needs a push?
- A Pulling a sled
- B Picking a flower
- C Pressing a doorbell
- D Opening a drawer
Can a magnet pull a paper clip without touching it?
- A Yes
- B No
What stops a sled sliding on snow?
- A Rubbing on the ground (friction)
- B Sunlight
- C A loud noise
- D Cold air only
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