Vocabulary
What goes up must come down!
Everything Energy!
Alligator Anxiety
Random Facts!
100
A ___________ is when one object hits or crashes into another object.
a. What is a catastrophe?
b. What is a collision?
c. What is a conspiracy?
What is a collision?
100
Roller coaster cars potential energy will increase with its ____________________.
a. What is speed?
b. What is speed and height?
c. What is mass and height?
What is mass and height?
100
When energy travels from one place to another it is called ____________________?
a. What is stored energy?
b. What sound energy?
c. What is transferred energy?
What is transferred energy?
100
What pattern do you notice about the heifht of where the black marble is released?
a. What is "When the black marble is released from a higher point, it moves faster?"
b. What is "The height of the black marble has no effect on how fast it moves?"
c. "What is "When the black marble is release from a lower point it moves faster?"
What is "When the black marble is released from a higher point, it moves faster?"
100
The name of Ms. DelMastro's dog is____________.
a. What is Lucinda?
b. What is Lucky?
c. What is Lucy?
What is Lucy?
200
Energy that is not in use, but is saved inside something, such a batteries or rubber bands.
a. What is heat energy?
b. What is transfer energy?
c. What is stored energy?
What is stored energy?
200
When a roller coaster goes from the top of a very high hill to the bottom of the hill, what happens?
a. What is "Kinetic energy is converted into potential energy?"
b. What is "Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy?"
c. What is "The cars gain both potential and kinetic energy?"
What is "Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy?"
200
What happens when two objects collide?
a. What is "The energy disappears?"
b. What is "It changes into electrical energy?"
c. What is "It is transferred from one object to another?"
What is "It is transferred from one object to another?"
200
What do you predict will happen if the black marble is released from the top of the ramp, and there are three gray marbles on the track, so there are three collisions?
a. What is "All the marbles will be eaten?"
b. What is "The black marble will be safe, and all three gray marbles will be eaten?"
c. What is "There is no way to predict what will happen with the current information?"
d. What is "All the marbles will be safe?"
What is "All the marbles will be safe?"
200
What are Mrs. Wisniewski's favorite hot beverages?
a. What is coffee?
b. What is hot chocolate?
c. What what is tea?
d. What is all of the above?
What is all of the above?
300
During the marble experiment, you performed 4 _________ by starting the marble at the highest point, the middle point, and the lowest point.
a. What are trials?
b. What are tribulations?
c. What are transformations?
What are trials?
300
Roller coaster cars have maximum gravitational energy at the ____________ of the hill, and minimum gravitational energy at the ___________ of the hill.
a. What are bottom and top?
b. What are top and middle?
c. What are top and bottom?
What are top and bottom?
300
Which of these objects has the most potential energy?
a. What is "A ball held over your head?"
b. What is "A ball resting on the ground?"
c. What is "A ball sitting on a mountain top?"
What is "A ball sitting on a mountain top?"
300
In the experiment, when the black marble collides with the gray marble, a "click" sound is heard. What pattern do you notice about the sound the two marbles make?
a. What is "The faster the black marble was moving, the quieter the sound it made when it collided?"
b. What is "The faster the black marble was moving, the louder the sound it made when it collided?"
c. What is "The speed of the black marble has no effect on the sound of the collision?"
What is "The faster the black marble was moving, the louder the sound it made when it collided?"
300
Mrs. Wisniewski's dog has a very unusual name. Her dog's name is _____________.
a. What is Copernicus?
b. What is Captain Crunch?
c. What is Kepler?
What is Kepler?
400
Another name for height energy is ______________.
a. What is gravitational energy?
b. What is rotational energy?
c. What is motivational energy?
What is gravitational energy?
400
Which point on a roller coaster's path represents the maximum potential energy?
a. What is "At the bottom of the highest hill?
b. What is "In the middle of the highest hill?
c. What is "At the top of the highest hill?
What is "At the top of the highest hill?
400
An object's potential energy will increase with its _________ and __________.
a. What is speed and motion?
b. What is height and mass?
c. What is height and speed?
b. What is height and mass?
400
Explain the similarity between twisting a rubber band during the "Twist-o-Matic" experiment, and placing the black marble at the top of the ramp before releasing it.
a. What is "Both actions increase the heat released by the object, causing it to move faster?"
b. What is "Both actions demonstrate gravitational potential energy, where height determines the speed?"
c. What is "Both actions store potential energy that is converted into kinetic energy upon release?"
What is "Both actions store potential energy that is converted into kinetic energy upon release?"
400
When Mrs. Wisniewski travels, she likes to visit her family in the state of ___________________.
a. What is Michigan?
b. What is Minnesota?
c. What is Montana?
What is Minnesota?
500
What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy?
a. What is "Potential energy is stored energy, but kinetic energy is the energy of motion?"
b. What is "Kinetic energy is stored energy, but potential energy is the energy of motion?"
c. What is "There is no difference between potential and kinetic energy?"
What is "Potential energy is stored energy, but kinetic energy is the energy of motion?"
500
At the start of a roller coaster ride, the cars need to be pulled up by a chain under the track that is powered by a motor. What is happening in terms of energy?
a. What is "The cars need to be pulled up the hill because they do not have their own power source?"
b. What is "The energy from the motor that moves the cars to the top of the first hill is converted to potential energy?"
c. What is "The motor transfers kinetic energy to the roller coaster cars?"
What is "The energy from the motor that moves the cars to the top of the first hill is converted to potential energy?"
500
Here are two types of energy conversion:
1. Turning on a battery-powered flashlight.
2. Plugging in a portable heater.
These are examples of:
a. What is 1. chemical energy to light energy and 2. electrical energy to thermal (heat) energy?
b. What is 1. mechanical energy to light energy, and 2. light energy to thermal (heat) energy?
What is 1. Chemical energy to light energy and 2. electrical energy to thermal (heat) energy?
500
How does the height of the marble affect its speed when it rolls down the ramp?
a. What is "The height has no effect on speed, only the color of the car?"
b. What is "The higher the marble, the slower the speed rolling down the ramp?
c. What is "The higher the marble, the faster the speed rolling down the ramp?"
What is "The higher the marble, the faster the speed rolling down the ramp?"
500
Ms. DelMastro is planning an exciting trip for this summer. Where do you think Ms. DelMastro will go?
a. What is Oaklahoma?
b. What is Minnesota?
c. What is Maine?
What is Maine?