Potential and Kinetic Energy Review

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Science
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Students are investigating changes from potential to kinetic energy by rolling a marble down a ramp made by propping up a plastic ruler on a book and letting it roll down. Which of the following will change the potential energy the marble starts with?
Adding more books beneath the ruler to increase its height
Pushing the marble down the ramp
Switching the plastic ruler with a wooden one
Replacing the marble with a rock
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The illustration shows a roller coaster and indicates four different positions the car might be at as it moves along the track.
At which point in the roller coaster's journey is its potential energy the greatest?
W
X
Y
Z
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sammy studied kinetic and potential energy by observing apples on a tree during a field investigation. What type of energy do the apples on the tree have?
elastic potential energy
mechanical energy
gravitational potential energy
sound energy
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If a green golf ball is dropped from a height of 7 feet and a yellow golf ball is dropped from a height of 12 feet, which ball has greater potential energy before it is released?
yellow
green
Both have the same amount of potential energy.
Neither will have more potential energy than the other.
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a roller coaster reaches the bottom of a steep slope, it has-
low PE and high KE
high PE and low KE
low PE and low KE
high PE and high KE
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Conservation of energy means that
energy can be created but not destroyed
energy can be destroyed but not created
energy can be both created and destroyed
energy can be neither created nor destroyed
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Kinetic energy can be described as
energy in motion
stored energy
a chemical reaction
connected energy
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-1
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