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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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1.A car slows and stops on carpet. Which force made it stop?
  • A.No force, it just ran out
  • B.Magnetism
  • C.Friction from the carpet, pushing against its motion
2.In the carpet and tile test, what is the one thing you change?
  • A.The height of the ramp
  • B.The floor the car rolls onto
  • C.The car
3.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
4.What should you measure to see how much each floor slowed the car?
  • A.How far the car rolls before it stops
  • B.The color of the car
  • C.How loud the car is
5.You want to know whether carpet slows a toy car more than tile. What must stay the same?
  • A.The floor it rolls onto
  • B.The car, the ramp and the height it starts from
  • C.Nothing at all
6.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
7.Your results show the car rolled 90 cm on tile and 30 cm on carpet. What can you conclude?
  • A.The tile slowed the car more
  • B.The floors made no difference
  • C.The carpet slowed the car more than the tile
8.Before testing, a student says the car will roll furthest on tile. What is that?
  • A.A rule that is always true
  • B.A prediction to check against the results
  • C.A result

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Answer key — Testing a Push Fairly

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Friction from the carpet, pushing against its motion
  2. 2.The floor the car rolls onto
  3. 3.How the direction of the forces changes the motion
  4. 4.How far the car rolls before it stops
  5. 5.The car, the ramp and the height it starts from
  6. 6.A small push, then a big push, on the same ball and floor
  7. 7.The carpet slowed the car more than the tile
  8. 8.A prediction to check against the results

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