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title: Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Physics
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop

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The 15 questions of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» of the physics course of Mova's primary school with their options, 82 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t1/) — My mate says things just stop on their own when they run out of push. right? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t2/) — In a cartoon a man stands in a rowing boat and blows into its sail to move it. What is wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t3/) — You tape a balloon to a straw on a string and let it go. What happens? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t4/) — shut up and push the trolley, it's full, why's it so hard to stop on the ramp? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t5/) — What would happen to a book on a table if the table were taken away? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t6/) — An astronaut in space throws a spanner away. What happens to him? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t7/) — Which uses the same idea as a rocket? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t8/) — A football player kicks softly, then hard. Which is true? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t9/) — Why should you step off a small boat carefully, with a hand on the jetty? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t10/) — Two equal teams pull a rope and it does not move. Is there no force at all? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/t11/) — In a game a car stops dead the moment you let go of the button, even on ice. Is that real? — right ✓
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of the cessation of motion in a rolling ball? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/e2/) — It is given that two teams in a tug of war exert equal and opposite forces upon a rope. Determine the consequence for the motion of the rope. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which a person standing upon a skateboard moves backwards upon throwing a heavy ball forwards. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/4-pushes-and-pulls-move-and-stop/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a laden trolley. — wrong ✗ · exam

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