Energy and Changes Quiz

When a football is thrown, _______ energy is transferred from the arm of the quarterback to the ball.

• potential

• kinetic

• thermal

• chemical

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As mass __________ (increases, decreases), gravitational potential energy _________ (increases, decreases).

• increases, increases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, increases

• increases, remains constant

• decreases, decreases

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When a child rides a sled down a snow covered hill, what best describes the relationship between potential energy and kinetic energy?

• Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy

• Kinetic energy is converted to potential energy

• Both energies remain constant

• There is no relationship

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When a wrecking ball swings, what is its kinetic energy when the ball is motionless?

• Maximum

• Minimum

• Zero

• Constant

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

When a pitcher throws a ball, a batter hits the ball, and the ball hits the fence at the end of the field: mechanical energy remains the same throughout, some kinetic energy is transformed into sound energy as the ball hits the fence, and some kinetic energy is transformed into thermal energy as the batter hits the ball.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

When a child is pushed on a swing, what is true about the transformation between kinetic and potential energy while the child swings?

• Kinetic energy is always greater than potential energy

• Potential energy is always greater than kinetic energy

• Energy is constantly transformed between kinetic and potential

• There is no energy transformation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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Which of the following are physical changes: rusting metal, boiling water, breaking ice, baking a cake, carving wood?

• Rusting metal, baking a cake

• Boiling water, breaking ice, carving wood

• Breaking ice, rusting metal

• Carving wood, baking a cake

What kind of change is taking place when a person chops wood that has been gathered while camping? It is a __________ change.

• Chemical

• Physical

• Biological

• Nuclear

Burning wood is considered to be a __________ change.

• Physical

• Chemical

• Biological

• Mechanical

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During an experiment, the __________ variable is the variable that is changed or manipulated.

• Dependent

• Independent

• Controlled

• Random