Energy Lesson 1 & 2

Look at the diagram. Which ball will roll the

FARTHEST distance?

• Ball A

• Ball B

• Ball C

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Look at the diagram. Which ball will roll the

MEDIUM distance?

• Ball A

• Ball B

• Ball C

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Look at the diagram. Which ball will roll the

SHORTEST distance?

• Ball A

• Ball B

• Ball C

Explain how the height of a ball on a ramp relates to its distance, speed, and energy.

• A ball placed on the LOWEST point on a ramp will go the SHORTEST distance. It’s speed will be the SLOWEST because it has the LEAST energy.

• A ball placed on the LOWEST point on a ramp will go the FARTHEST distance. It’s speed will be the FASTEST because it has the MOST energy.

• A ball placed on the MEDIUM point on a ramp will go the SHORTEST distance. Its speed will be the FASTEST because it has the LEAST energy.

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Students did a test to see how far identical toy cars would roll when released from different heights.

Which car had the greatest speed?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

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Students did a test to see how far identical toy cars would roll when released from different heights.

Which car had the LEAST amount of energy?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

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Students did a test to see how far identical toy cars would roll when released from different heights.

Imagine each car runs into a pencil at the bottom of the ramp. Which car would push the pencil the LONGEST distance?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

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Review the table. Another car rolled 300 centimeters.

Which was most likely the starting point of this car based on the data from the table?

• 35 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

• 15 centimeters

• 25 centimeters

Four students went outside to play baseball. They wanted to see who could hit a baseball the farthest using a practice tee. Each student placed a baseball on the tee and then hit the ball. The table shows the distance the ball traveled after it was hit off the tee.

Based on the amount of energy each student applied to the ball, order the students’ names from LEAST amount of energy applied to GREATEST amount of energy applied.

• Henry, Emily, Jamal, Nadia

• Nadia, Jamal, Emily, Henry

• Henry, Jamal, Emily, Nadia

• Nadia, Emily, Jamal, Henry

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Four students went outside to play baseball. They wanted to see who could hit a baseball the farthest using a practice tee. Each student placed a baseball on the tee and then hit the ball. The table shows the distance the ball traveled after it was hit off the tee.

Each ball took the same amount of time to hit the ground. Whose ball had the GREATEST speed?

• Nadia

• Emily

• Jamal

• Henry

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