Transfer of Energy in Collisions

Look at the picture.

Why isn't the second circuit lit up?

• It is not a closed circuit

• It is not an open circuit

• It is connected

What is potential energy?

Which material absorbs the most solar radiation?

• Blacktop on a playground

• Water

• Wood

• Sand

Which object has the most energy?

• plane

• baseball

• car

• runner

Energy is the ability to do _________ .

• force

• work

• all the things

• collisions

What is the scientific term for stored energy?

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• collision energy

The moment the bat touches the ball, energy from the moving bat is transferred to what?

• The baseball player

• The ball

• The bat

• The field

In science, when one object runs into another we call it a _____________.

• crash
• hit
• strike
• collision

What makes things happen?

• matter
• computers
• energy
• density

What is transferred at the instant the bat hits the ball?

• matter
• energy
• sound
• light