Bowling Ball Sound Experiment

Which question is the student trying to answer based on the data in the table?

• How loud is the sound when the ball hits the pins?

• Do different types of bowling balls cause different sounds when they hit the pins?

• How does speed affect the sound heard when the bowling ball hits the pins?

• How does sound affect the speed of a bowling ball before it hits the pins?

Which best explains why the cars move slower after the collision?

• The cars gain energy in the collision.

• The cars lose energy in the collision.

• All energy is lost in the collision.

• No energy is lost in the collision.

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What most likely causes the second marble to move out of the circle?

• Energy transferred from the first marble to the second marble.

• Energy transferred from the player's hand to the second marble.

• Gravity pulled the two marbles together.

• Gravity pulled the second marble toward the circle.

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What happens when Person 1 pushes Person 2 on the swing?

• The swing moves back and forth.

• The swing stops moving.

• The swing moves in a circle.

• The swing moves side to side.

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Sort these to show what type of energy is being transferred:

Groups:

(a) sound

,

(b) light

,

(c) heat

,

(d) movement

• fireflies

• television

• cooktop of a stove

• guitar strings vibrating

• rubbing hands together

• tv

• radio

• swinging on a swing

• guitar playing

• lamp

• car crash

• toaster

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Match the following forces to the correct image

• Friction

• 
• Gravity

• 
• Magnetism

• 

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Playing a guitar is an example of (a)   .

A windmill is an example of ​ (b)   .

A toaster is an example of ​ (c)   .

A flashlight is an example of ​ (d)   .

• sound energy
• wind energy
• heat energy
• light energy
• movement energy
• non energy.

Turning on a lamp is an example of (a)   being transferred into ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

Turning on a fan is an example of ​ (d)   being transferred into ​ (e)   .

• electrical energy
• light energy
• heat energy
• sound energy
• motion energy

What form of energy allows you to see yourself in a mirror?​ (a)  

• light
• heat
• mechanical

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A force is a ​ (a)   by one object on another.

• fall or float

• spin or rotate

• start or stop

• push or a pull

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