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Kindergarten · Science

Recognize a push and a pull

Describe a force by whether an object is pushed away or pulled toward the person applying it.

6 authored questions + worked example

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Worked example

You press a toy car away from your hand. What action do you apply?

Answer & why

Answer: a push

Your hand acts away from you on the car.

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All questions

All 6 authored questions for this skill.

Question 1

A child presses a door away to open it. What action is this?

  1. no force is described
  2. a pull
  3. a change of color
  4. a push
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a push

The child presses the door away.

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Question 2

A child tugs a drawer toward their body. What action is this?

  1. no force is described
  2. a pull
  3. a push
  4. a change of color
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a pull

Tugging the drawer toward the body is pulling.

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Question 3

A child presses a ball away across a table. What action starts it moving?

  1. no force is described
  2. a push
  3. a change of color
  4. a pull
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a push

The hand pushes the ball away.

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Question 4

A child uses a rope to draw a toy boat closer. What action is this?

  1. a change of color
  2. no force is described
  3. a pull
  4. a push
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a pull

The rope transmits a pull that draws the boat closer.

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Question 5

You press a toy car away from your hand. What action do you apply?

  1. a push
  2. no force is described
  3. a pull
  4. a change of color
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a push

Your hand acts away from you on the car.

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Question 6

You draw a wagon toward you using its handle. What action do you apply?

  1. a push
  2. a change of color
  3. a pull
  4. no force is described
A hint

A push acts away from your hand; a pull acts toward your hand.

Answer & why

Answer: a pull

The handle draws the wagon toward you.

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