Energy Change in Collisions

Which is not an example of a collision causing energy transfer and change in motion?

• a bat strikes a baseball

• a catcher catches a baseball

• a baseball hits the ground

• a baseball flies through the air

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………………is transformed or transferred; it cannot be made or destroyed.

• Energy

• momentum

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In elastic collisions, _____________

• some of the energy of motion is lost as sound and heat

• all the energy of motion is transformed, but not transferred

• energy is not conserved in the system

• there is no loss of energy of motion from the system

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Friction during a collision causes some kinetic energy to be changed into _____.

• heat

• electricity

• potential energy

• chemical energy

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The collision of two marbles can cause the……………. of both marbles to change.

• shape

• Energy

• Mass

• size

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Which describes a change that will likely occur in the collision above?

• Kinetic energy will be transferred from the nail to the hammer, causing the hammer to move.

• Kinetic energy will be transferred from the hammer to the nail, causing the nail to move.

• Potential energy will be transferred from the nail to the hammer, causing no change in motion.

• All of the kinetic energy will transform into light energy and no change in motion will occur.

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