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How Far the Ball Rolled is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on using a push test to compare the effect of soft and hard pushes, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-PS2-1. It prints 7 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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How Far the Ball Rolled

K-PS2-1

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

How Far the Ball Rolled

Our push test. Each child pushed the same ball from the same line. HOW FAR THE BALL ROLLED Soft push ......... 1 step Medium push ....... 3 steps Hard push ......... 6 steps Same ball, same line, same floor.

  1. 1. What happens when the push is harder?
  2. 2. What does this record not tell you?
  3. 3. What was kept the same in this test?
2.Why write down how far each push went?
  • A.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  • B.To make the page full
  • C.So the ball remembers
3.The hard push went 6 steps and the soft push 1 step. Which was stronger?
  • A.The soft push
  • B.They were the same
  • C.The hard push
4.A child pushes very softly. What do you think will happen?
  • A.The ball will roll only a short way
  • B.The ball will roll across the whole hall
  • C.The ball will go up
5.One child pushes on carpet and one on the hall floor. Is that fair?
  • A.Yes, carpet is the same as wood
  • B.No, the floor should be the same for both
  • C.Yes, it is fair
6.Why does every child push the same ball?
  • A.So only the push is different
  • B.Because it is the biggest ball
  • C.So nobody loses it
7.You want the ball to stop sooner. What could you change?
  • A.Push it harder
  • B.Push it more gently
  • C.Use a lighter line

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Answer key — How Far the Ball Rolled

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The ball rolls further. 2. It does not tell you which way the ball rolled. 3. The same ball, the same line and the same floor.
  2. 2.So we can compare the pushes afterward
  3. 3.The hard push
  4. 4.The ball will roll only a short way
  5. 5.No, the floor should be the same for both
  6. 6.So only the push is different
  7. 7.Push it more gently

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