Energy Change in Collisions

"The ability to make things happen" is the definition of what word?

• motion

• energy

• friction

• matter

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In the picture you can see a car has collided with a stop sign. Where does the energy from the car go?

• All the energy from the car passes to the stop sign

• None of the energy from the car passes to the stop sign

• All of the energy from the car passes to the air

• The energy from the car is shared between the car, the stop sign, the air and the road.

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What two types of energy are released into the air during the collision?

• heat and sound

• sound and light

• light and heat

• light and electrical

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When two or more objects hit each other with a force they experience a _____________.

• Collision

• Potential energy

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Energy transfer is

• when an object is in motion.

• change energy from sound to heat sound.

• the movement of energy from object to another.

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What is transferred at the instant the bat hits the ball?

• matter
• energy
• sound
• light

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What do we call the section of a car that absorbs energy in a collision?

• windshield
• bumper
• hood
• crumple zone

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When two objects collide, some of the kinetic energy of the moving object is transformed into sound energy and heat

• True

• False

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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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Dana is the pitcher for her community baseball team. What force causes the baseball to change direction when it is hit by the bat?

• The catcher's force on the ball with his mitt

• The batter's force on the ball as he misses.

• The pitcher's force on the ball as he throws.

• The batter's force on the ball with the bat.

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