Roller Coasters

Roller Coasters

4th Grade

15 Qs

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Roller Coasters

Roller Coasters

Assessment

Quiz

Science

4th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-2, MS-PS3-5

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When riding a roller coaster, you go up and down many hills. As you get to the top of a roller coaster, what energy change is taking place.

Potential energy is changed into kinetic energy.

Kinetic energy is changed into potential energy.

Chemical energy is changed into heat energy.

Heat energy is changed into chemical energy. 

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The turns in a roller coaster help it to have more energy

true

false

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

When a roller coaster is at the TOP (up) it has

the GREATEST Potential Energy (GPE)

the GREATEST Kinetic Energy (GKE)

the lowest potential energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which is the best example of kinetic energy converting into greatest potential energy?

the roller coaster moving up

the roller coaster moving down

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which letter shows the greatest kinetic energy (GKE) and lowest potential energy (LPE)?

Point A

Point B

Point C

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which point has the GREATEST POTENTIAL energy and the LEAST KINETIC ENERGY?

W

X

Y

Z

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which point has the greatest KINETIC energy (GKE)?

D

F

B

A

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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