Mystery Science: Energizing Everything Mystery 3

This yellow marble is rolled from the top of the hill on the left.

What will happen as the marble continues to roll up the right hill?

• The marble will gain energy rolling up.

• The marble will make it up the right hill.

• The marble will lose energy as it rolls up the right hill.

• The marble can't make it up the right hill.

• The marble will roll back to the middle valley.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

This kid dropped a bowling ball on a swing but the bowling ball does not hit his face. Why?

• The ball does not have enough energy to swing back up high enough to reach his face

• The bowling ball is too heavy to reach his face

• The rope is too short and can't reach his face.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If the bumper marble was placed in the valley, when the hill marble collides with it...

• Both marbles can't make it up the hill, there is not enough energy.

• The hill marble transfers energy to the bumper marble.

• The bumper marble gets over the next hill; the hill marble rolls back to the valley.

• Both marbles roll back to the valley.

• Energy gets released into the air as sound when the marbles touch.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

If the bumper marble was placed on another hill, when the hill marble collides with it...

• Both marbles can't make it up the next hill, there is not enough energy.

• Both marbles can make it up the next hill on the right.

• The bumper marble gets over the next hill; the hill marble loses energy and rolls back to the valley.

• Both marbles have additional height energy from being on another hill.

• Energy gets released into the air as sound when the marbles touch.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Where does sound come from when an object collides with another?

• The objects are saying "ouch" in their language

• When objects collide some energy transfers to the air as sound

• The movement of the second object makes a sound

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-PS4-1