Forces and Motion Reading Comprehension | Gravity, Friction, Speed & Newton’s Law Worksheets

Make forces and motion easier for students to understand with this engaging science resource featuring informational reading passages, comprehension practice, and multiple assessment formats. The resource begins with fundamental concepts such as force as a push or pull and explores how forces can start, stop, or change an object's motion.

Students explore important physical science topics including types of forces, contact and non-contact forces, motion, speed, velocity, acceleration, gravity, friction, balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton’s First Law, inertia, and real-world applications of forces and motion.

What’s Included

• 10 informational science reading passages
• 20 conceptual/comprehension questions
• 20 multiple-choice questions
• 20 fill-in-the-blank questions
• 20 true/false questions
• Student writing and response space
• Answer keys for assessment questions

Topics Covered

Force, motion, gravity, friction, speed, velocity, acceleration, magnetic force, contact and non-contact forces, balanced and unbalanced forces, inertia, and Newton’s First Law of Motion, connected to bicycles, sports, vehicles, machines, engineering, and everyday examples.

Perfect For

• Physical science units
• Forces and motion lessons
• Science reading comprehension
• Independent practice
• Review and reinforcement
• Homework
• Morning work
• Early finishers
• Science centers
• Homeschool science
• Test preparation
• Substitute lesson plans