Forces and motion worksheets Grade 1 printable

📚 Topic Summary

Forces are what make things move, stop, or change direction. Motion is simply the act of moving. When you push a toy car, you're using a force to make it move. When the car hits a wall and stops, that's also because of a force! We experience forces and motion all around us every day.

🔬 Part A: Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions:

1. Force
2. Motion
3. Push
4. Pull
5. Gravity

Definitions:

1. The act or process of moving.
2. To move something toward yourself.
3. A force that attracts objects towards each other.
4. An influence that can change the motion of an object.
5. To move something away from yourself.

(Match the terms above. For example: 1 matches with definition X)

✍️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks

Use the following words to fill in the blanks: force, motion, push, pull, gravity.

When you ______ a door open, you are using a ______. The door is in ______ because it is moving. ______ is what keeps us on the ground. When you ______ a wagon, you are also using a force.

🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking

Can you give an example of a time when you used a force to move something? What happened?