6th Grade School-Wide Assessment Q1#2

A bowling ball, baseball, golf ball, and ping pong ball are all rolling down a bowling lane at the same speed. Which one has the most kinetic energy?

• Bowling ball

• Baseball

• Golf ball

• Ping pong ball

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By increasing the pendulum's mass and releasing the pendulum from a greater height the maximum potential energy will ________ and the maximum kinetic energy will ________.

• Decrease, increase

• Increase, decrease

• Increase, increase

• Decrease, decrease

• Remain the same, increase

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Kinetic energy is...

• How fast something is moving.

• The energy possessed by a body because of its motion.

• Waves of heat.

• The energy you get from food.

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If you were shooting a bow and arrow, which two of the following steps would produce the most elastic energy?

• Bending the bow

• Aiming the arrow

• Loading the arrow

• Pulling the string back

• Releasing the arrow

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Which of the following are examples of kinetic energy changing into potential energy?

• A boy climbs to the top of a slide and sits down.

• A pine tree branch is not moved by the wind.

• A baseball sitting on a stand.

• The television is turned on.

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Look at the picture of a ball bouncing. Which of the following best illustrates that energy has been transferred to the ball?

• the ball dropping

• the ball bouncing up again

• the ball compacting as it hits the ground

• the ball being held before being dropped

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What are some things that can give or take away the kinetic energy of a sailboat? Select all that apply.

• Wind

• Water currents

• Making a hard turn

• Collision with another boat

• Wearing very stylish sunglasses

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Which form of energy transfer do you see when you boil water?

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Solar

Which of the following best describes what is being created in the picture?

• Elastic energy

• Stored energy

• Chemical energy

• Electrical energy

If a girl holds a ball at waist level and then lifts the ball above her head and holds it there, which of the following is she doing?

• Increasing the ball’s kinetic energy

• Increasing the ball’s stored energy

• Decreasing the ball’s potential energy

• Decreasing the ball’s magnetic energy

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