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Testing a Push Fairly is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on planning an investigation into how forces change motion, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-PS2-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Testing a Push Fairly

3-PS2-1

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Circle the best answer.

1.Two equal pushes from opposite sides leave a box still. What should you write down?
  • A.There were no forces
  • B.The forces were balanced, so the box did not move
  • C.The box was too heavy
2.You want to know if a bigger push makes a ball roll further. How should you push?
  • A.The same push every time
  • B.A big push on a ball and a small push on a box
  • C.A small push, then a big push, on the same ball and floor
3.Why roll the car three times on each floor?
  • A.To wear out the car
  • B.Because three is a lucky number
  • C.One roll might be unusual, so the results are checked
4.You test pushing a box from one side, then from both sides at once. What are you testing?
  • A.How the direction of the forces changes the motion
  • B.What color works best
  • C.How heavy the box is
5.You want to know whether carpet slows a toy car more than tile. What must stay the same?
  • A.The car, the ramp and the height it starts from
  • B.The floor it rolls onto
  • C.Nothing at all
6.You want to test whether two pushes move a box further than one. What do you change?
  • A.The floor
  • B.The number of pushes
  • C.The box
7.A car slows and stops on carpet. Which force made it stop?
  • A.Magnetism
  • B.No force, it just ran out
  • C.Friction from the carpet, pushing against its motion
8.Your results show the car rolled 90 cm on tile and 30 cm on carpet. What can you conclude?
  • A.The floors made no difference
  • B.The carpet slowed the car more than the tile
  • C.The tile slowed the car more

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Answer key — Testing a Push Fairly

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The forces were balanced, so the box did not move
  2. 2.A small push, then a big push, on the same ball and floor
  3. 3.One roll might be unusual, so the results are checked
  4. 4.How the direction of the forces changes the motion
  5. 5.The car, the ramp and the height it starts from
  6. 6.The number of pushes
  7. 7.Friction from the carpet, pushing against its motion
  8. 8.The carpet slowed the car more than the tile

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-PS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.