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How is Energy Transfer by Colliding Objects?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
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1.

What happens when two objects collide?

a)

Energy is changed into force.

b)

Energy is transferred from one object to another.

c)

Energy is created and the objects move faster.

2.

What effects the amount of energy transferred in a collision?

a)

the speed

b)

the weight

c)

the speed AND weight

3.

Which of the following collisions would cause a still object to move at the speed of the object that hit it?

a)

a collision of a moving object with a still object of the same weight

b)

a collision of a moving object with a heavier still object

c)

a collision of a moving object with a lighter still object

4.

When two objects of the same weight traveling at different speeds collide head on, both objects...

a)

stop moving.

b)

bounce backward and travel at their original speed.

c)

change direction and move at their original speed.

5.

Some of the energy transferred during a collision can produce ...

a)

heat

b)

light

c)

sound

d)

All of the above

6.

Scientists cannot predict what would happen when objects collide if

a)

light were not conserved.

b)

. energy were not conserved.

7.

While playing with toy cars, Kirsten and Luca each push a car toward the center of the room. What happens when the toy cars collide?

a)

Energy is transferred.

b)

Energy is unchanged.

8.

In the image, Jonah is about to kick the football. Which of the following BEST explains how Jonah can tell that energy transfers from his foot to the ball during the collision?

a)

The weight of the ball changes.

b)

The speed of the ball changes.

9.

When a ball is kicked harder at a slower moving ball the result is

a)

the slower ball will return at a faster speed.

b)

the slower ball will stop.

c)

the slower ball with return at a slower speed.

10.

Marisol hits a golf ball with a golf club, and she hears a loud sound. Which BEST explains why she heard a sound during the collision?

a)

The motion of the club changed

b)

The motion of the ball changed.

c)

Some of the energy transferred to the air.