Science 6: Understanding Energy and Motion

A force is something that can:

• Change how something looks

• Change how something moves

• Change an object's color

• Make an object disappear

When you push a toy car, what happens?

• The car might move

• The car's color changes

• The car gets smaller

• Nothing happens

Which of these is a way something can move?

• Spinning around

• Changing color

• Getting bigger

• Becoming invisible

When you drop a ball, what makes it fall down?

• Wind

• Magic

• Your hand

• Earth's pulling power

When you rub your hands together, what happens?

• They get colder

• They make noise

• They become warm

• They change color

Energy can:

• Be created from nothing

• Change from one type to another

• Disappear completely

• Stay exactly the same forever

The sun's light can turn into:

• Wind

• Electricity

• Sound

• Clouds

Which of these gives us clean energy?

• Coal

• Solar power

• Gasoline

• Diesel fuel

When a roller coaster goes down a hill, its energy changes from:

• Slow to fast

• High to low

• Stored to moving

• Quiet to loud

Heat is a type of:

• Light

• Sound

• Energy

• Color