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Adorable little stick figures push and pull a cart of blocks to explain the push and pull of forces. Future physicists then define force and identify it in different situations on the worksheet that follows. Concepts covered include direction and magnitude, thrust and drag, lift and weight. This resource is a web page from which you must copy and paste the worksheet portion onto a document in order to use it with proper formatting. An answer key is conveniently included. 

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weight, measurement, drag, gravity, lift, net force, push and pull factors, thrust

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drag, gravity, lift, net force, push and pull, thrust, weight, magnitude and direction, science
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4th - 6th
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