Grade 2 Push & Pull worksheet
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How to explain it
- A force is a push or a pull.
- Gravity is a pull that brings things down to the ground.
- Rough surfaces like carpet slow rolling things down faster than smooth ones.
Example: You drop a pencil. What pulls it to the floor? Nobody pushed it down. The pull toward the ground is gravity. Answer: gravity
Question 1
What force pulls a dropped pencil down to the floor?
✏️- 🧲a magnet
- ⬇️gravity
- 💨the wind
⬇️ gravity
Hint: Gravity pulls everything toward the ground.
Question 2
Wind pushes a sailboat. What does that make the boat do?
- 😴fall asleep
- 🌊sink at once
- ⛵move across the water
⛵ move across the water
Hint: Wind is moving air, and it can push things.
Question 3
What makes a toy car roll farther?
🚗- 🤏a tiny push
- 💪a bigger push
- 🚫no push
💪 a bigger push
Hint: A stronger push gives the car more energy, so it goes farther.
Question 4
A magnet can pull a…
🧲- 🪵wooden block
- 📎metal paper clip
- 🥤plastic cup
📎 metal paper clip
Hint: Magnets pull on things that have iron in them, like many metal objects.
Question 5
Is it a push or a pull? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 👐 push · 🪢 pull
- 🛒push a cart
- 🛷pull a sled
- 🎣reel in a fish
- 🌱pull a weed
- ⚽kick a ball
- 🔔ring a doorbell
👐 push: push a cart, kick a ball, ring a doorbell · 🪢 pull: pull a sled, reel in a fish, pull a weed
Hint: A push moves something away from you. A pull moves something toward you.
Question 6
Gravity pulls things…
🍎- ⬆️up
- ⬇️down
- ➡️sideways
⬇️ down
Hint: When you drop a ball, gravity pulls it down to the ground.
Question 7
A skateboard rolls farther on…
- 🏖️soft sand
- 🌾tall grass
- 🛹smooth pavement
🛹 smooth pavement
Hint: Rough or soft surfaces slow things more than smooth ones.
Question 8
When you throw a ball up, what pulls it back down?
⚾- ⬇️gravity
- ⭐a wish
- 🪢a tiny rope
⬇️ gravity
Hint: Gravity pulls things toward the ground.
Question 9
What do you use to start a swing moving?
🛝- 🎨a colour
- 🤫a whisper
- 👐a push
👐 a push
Hint: A push or a pull is a force that makes something start to move.
Question 10
What happens to a toy car if you give it a push and then stop pushing?
- 🛫It flies up
- 🚀It keeps speeding up forever
- 🚗It slows down and stops
🚗 It slows down and stops
Hint: Friction between the wheels and floor slows the car down.
Answer key
- 1. ⬇️ gravity
- 2. ⛵ move across the water
- 3. 💪 a bigger push
- 4. 📎 metal paper clip
- 5. 👐 push: push a cart, kick a ball, ring a doorbell · 🪢 pull: pull a sled, reel in a fish, pull a weed
- 6. ⬇️ down
- 7. 🛹 smooth pavement
- 8. ⬇️ gravity
- 9. 👐 a push
- 10. 🚗 It slows down and stops
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