Lesson 3 Quiz Energy Transfer and Collisions

Which is not an example of a collision causing energy transfer and change in motion?

• a baseball flies through the air

• a bat strikes a baseball

• a catcher catches a baseball

• a baseball hits the ground

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Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices. __________ is transformed or transferred; it cannot be made or destroyed.

• Energy

• Matter

• Light

• Sound

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During a collision, some energy can be transferred into ______ or sound.

• heat

• light

• electricity

• magnetism

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Friction during a collision causes some kinetic energy to be changed into _____.

• heat

• light

• sound

• electricity

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Which of the following best explains why a baseball hitting the ground is an example of energy transfer?

• The motion of the baseball changes and energy is transferred to the ground.

• The baseball stays in the air and does not move.

• The ground creates electricity when hit by the baseball.

• The baseball loses all its energy and stops moving forever.

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The collision of two marbles can cause the __________ of both marbles to change.

• energy

• color

• size

• shape

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Which describes a change that will likely occur in the collision below?

• Kinetic energy will be transferred from the nail to the hammer, causing the hammer to move.

• Kinetic energy will be transferred from the hammer to the nail, causing the nail to move.

• Potential energy will be transferred from the nail to the hammer, causing no change in motion.

• All of the kinetic energy will transform into light energy and no change in motion will occur.

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What is most likely to happen to the motion of two marbles after they collide?

• Their motion will change.

• They will stop moving forever.

• They will become larger.

• Their color will change.

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If a hammer hits a nail, what type of energy is mainly transferred?

• Kinetic energy

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Chemical energy

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Why does the nail move when hit by a hammer?

• Because kinetic energy is transferred from the hammer to the nail.

• Because the nail is made of metal.

• Because the hammer is heavy.

• Because the nail is sharp.

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