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Understanding Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

Understanding Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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This is an example of what kind of collision?

Elastic

Inelastic

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kinetic energy is conserved __________ collisions.

only in elastic

only in inelastic

in all

never during

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Jorge noticed a collision outside the coffee shop where two cars collided and stuck together.  What type of collision did he observe?

Elastic

Inelastic

Completely inelastic

none

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Conservation of momentum means that the initial and final momentum in a collision are

different

the same/equal

impossible to determine

always the same as the kinetic energy

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112.45.c.7.E

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The total momentum before a collision is _________ the total momentum after a collision.

equal to 

less than 

more than

It depends on the type of collision

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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In what type of collisions, both momentum, and total kinetic energy is conserved?

Elastic, Inelastic and Perfectly Inelastic Collisions

Perfectly Inelastic Collisions

Elastic Collisions

Inelastic Collisions

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What happens to the total momentum in a perfectly inelastic collision?

It increases

It decreases

It remains the same

It becomes zero

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

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