This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with forces that power machines.
In science you learn about how things work. You will have studied forces that make things move. Machines are things that do jobs for us - they work for us. But what forces make machines go? How are machines powered? Some have engines and some have motors. Some get their power from the wind or water. In this quiz you will look at machines of all sorts. Do they have engines? Do they have motors? How do they work?