How is Energy Transferred by Colliding Objects?

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What happens when two objects collide?

• Energy is changed into force
• Energy is transferred from one object to another
• Energy is created and objects move faster
• Energy is destroyed and objects move slower

Back

Energy is transferred from one object to another.

Front

When two objects of the same weight traveling at different speeds collide head on, both objects

Back

bounce backward and travel at their original speed.

Front

Some of the energy transferred during a collision can produce: light, sound, heat, all of the above

Back

all of the above

Front

Scientists cannot predict what would happen when objects collide if energy were not conserved.

Back

True!

Front

What happens when objects collide?

Back

Energy is transferred.

Front

What affects the amount of energy transferred in a collision?

Back

The speed and the weight affect a collision.

Front

When a heavier object collides with a lighter object, the lighter object moves faster.

Back

True!

Front

Most objects that collide transfer energy to the air as light.

Back

False

Front

When you rub your hands together, energy is transformed into mainly what?

Back

heat

Front

If two objects with different weights are moving at the same speed, the lighter object has...

Back

less energy than the heavier object