Kinetic Energy to Mass and Speed
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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Car A has a mass of 1500 kg and is moving at 89 miles per hour.
Car B has a mass of 1501 kg and is moving at 28 miles per hour.
Which statement below best describes the kinetic energy of each car?
Car A has more energy than Car B because it is traveling faster than Car B.
Car A has more energy than Car B because it has a smaller mass than Car B.
Car B has more energy than Car A because it has a bigger mass than Car A.
Both cards have about the same energy because they have about the same mass.
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A wrecking ball is swinging towards a building that needs to be knocked down. If you wanted to make the wrecking ball hit the building with more kinetic energy, what could you change?
Use a wrecking ball with a bigger mass.
Use a wrecking ball with a smaller mass.
Decrease the speed of the wrecking ball.
None of the above, the kinetic energy cannot be changed.
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NGSS.HS-PS3-1
NGSS.HS-PS3-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following would have the most kinetic energy? Pick the best answer.
A motorcycle driving at 100 miles per hour.
A very small car driving at 125 miles per hour.
.A huge train driving a 125 miles per hour.
A huge truck driving at 3 miles per hour.
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NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two bowling balls have a mass of 5 kilograms. The black ball is traveling towards the pins at 6 meters per second. The yellow ball is traveling at 8 meters per second. Which bowling ball has the most kinetic energy, and why?
The yellow bowling ball has the most kinetic energy because it has the most mass.
The black bowling ball has the most kinetic energy because it has the most mass.
The yellow bowling ball has the most kinetic energy because it has the faster speed.
Both bowling balls have the same kinetic energy because they have the same mass.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two asteroids in space are heading straight towards Earth.
Asteroid A is traveling at 100 miles per hour.
Asteroid B is traveling at 60 miles per hour.
What additional information do you need to know to figure out how much kinetic energy each asteroid will have when they hit Earth?
The mass of the asteroids
How far each asteroid is from Earth
The density of Earth
The speed that each asteroid is moving
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-1
NGSS.HS-PS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do mass and speed relate to kinetic energy?
As mass and speed go up, the kinetic energy of an object increases.
As mass and speed go down, the kinetic energy of an object increases.
Increasing mass decreases kinetic energy. Increasing speed increases kinetic energy.
Increasing mass increases kinetic energy. Decreasing speed increases kinetic energy.
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS3-2
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