Energy Lesson 3

A soccer ball sits in the grass. A girl pulls her leg back to kick the soccer ball. She kicks! What happens next? Circle all correct answers.

• The ball travels in one direction while the leg continues to travel.

• The ball travels in one direction while the leg stops.

• The collision of the leg and ball produce a noise.

• The collision of the leg and ball makes the ball travel quickly.

• The ball travels in one direction while the leg stops.

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A child plays hopscotch. When she jumps on the ground, which of the following things happen? Circle all the correct answers.

• The ground absorbs some of the energy.

• The girl continues to bounce, going higher each time.

• The collision produces heat energy.

• The collision produces sound energy.

• The collision produces light energy.

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Which of the following have energy of motion?

• A baseball player hitting a ball with a bat.

• The warmth of the sun.

• A fish swimming in an aquarium.

• A child jumping on a trampoline.

• An electric lamp that has just been plugged in.

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A roller coaster moves to the top of a hill where it stops. What happens to the energy when the coaster stops.

• The energy converts to heat energy.

• The weight of the roller coaster causes it to collide with another car.

• The energy is stored.

• The energy becomes motion energy.

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Which types of energy changes in a collision? Circle all the correct answers.

• Motion

• Sound

• Heat

• Stored

• Electrical

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Choose the phrase that best phrase that completes the sentence.

If a spring is compressed at the same compression and is used to launch a table tennis ball, a tennis ball and a bowling ball on the same flat surface, the _____________ will go the farthest distance.

Hint: The table tennis ball is the lightest.

• Bowling ball

• Tennis ball

• Table Tennis ball

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