Ball and Ramp

A student decided to make her own marble maze at home. This is her homemade marble run.

After using the marble run several times, the student wants to slow the marble down. How can the student slow the marble down.

• Make the marble maze track less slanted.

• Make the marble maze longer.

• Make the marble maze track more slanted.

• Make the marble maze shorter.

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Use the information and images to answer the following question. Your class is having a competition to see who can build a ramp to roll a ball the farthest and fastest. Which ramp will be the BEST to win the competition?

• Ramp A

• Ramp B

• Ramp C

• Ramp D

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Four identical balls are rolled from the same position at the same time. The illustration shows each ball’s starting position and ending position after rolling for two seconds. Which ball had the most energy?

• Ball 1

• Ball 2

• Ball 3

• Ball 4

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If you removed a book, how would this affect the distance the cup moves?

• The cup would move a shorter distance.

• It would have no affect on the distance that the cup moves.

• The cup would move a farther distance

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John stands at the top of a steep hill and pushes a ball over the edge with his foot. Which force causes the ball to continue rolling down the hill?

• mass

• gravity

• friction

• air resistance

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What is true about the release point?

• The higher the release point the shorter distance the cup moves.

• There is no relationship between release point and distance the cup moves.

• The higher the release point the father distance the cup moves.

• The lower the release point the farther the cup moves.

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A man is pushing a ball up a hill. If the man stops pushing the ball and steps out of the way, what will most likely happen to the ball?

• It will stop on the hill.

• It will roll down the hill.

• It will roll to the side toward the man.

• It will fly.

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Which ramp will give the ball more energy of motion?

• Lower ramp

• Higher ramp

• Neither ramp

• Both ramps

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A ball is placed at the top of a ramp. What type of energy is primarily stored in the ball before it starts rolling down?

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Sound energy

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As a ball rolls down a ramp, which force is primarily responsible for its acceleration?

• Friction

• Gravity

• Air resistance

• Magnetic force

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