Answer Key with Questions

Lesson Check: Energy Transfer in Collisions

1) Which is not an example of a collision causing energy transfer and change in motion?

a bat strikes a baseball

a catcher catches a baseball
a baseball hits the ground
a baseball flies through the air

Correct Answer
a baseball flies through the air

2) Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices.

is transformed or transferred; it cannot be made or destroyed.
(Blank 1)

Blank 1 options

Energy
Momentum

Correct Answer
Energy

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Lesson Check: Energy Transfer in Collisions

3) During a collision, some energy can be transferred into ______ or sound.

force
heat
electricity
conservation

Correct Answer
heat

4) Friction during a collision causes some kinetic energy to be changed into _____.

heat
electricity
potential energy

chemical energy

Correct Answer
heat

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5) Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices.

The collision of two marbles can cause the of both marbles to change.
(Blank 1)

Blank 1 options

energy
motion

Correct Answer
motion

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6) 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.

Correct Answer
Kinetic energy will be transferred from the hammer to the nail, causing the nail to move.

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7) Mason built a ramp. He put car A at the bottom of the ramp and released car B from the
top of the ramp, as shown.

a. Predict two things that Mason will likely observe when car A and car B collide.

b. Describe two energy transfers that happen when car A and car B collide.

Correct Answer
Answers may vary.

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 Extended-Response Rubric
PE: 4-PS3-3: Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Level of
Evidence of Understanding
Understanding
Student response provides clear evidence of using the dimensions* to make sense
Demonstrating of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to problems. Student is able to:
3 Expected ▪ predict two things that Mason will likely observe when car A and car B collide;
Understanding AND
▪ describe two energy transfers that will happen when car A and car B collide.

Student response provides partial evidence of using the dimensions* to make

sense of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to problems. The
Progressing response lacks some critical information and details or contains some errors.
2 toward Student is able to:
Understanding
▪ predict two things that Mason will likely observe when car A and car B
collide BUT the description of two energy transfers that will happen
when car A and car B collide contains errors or is not provided.

Beginning
Student response is incomplete or provides minimal evidence of using the
1 to Develop
dimensions* to make sense of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to
Understanding
problems.
Student does not respond or student response is inaccurate, irrelevant, or contains
Not Showing
0 insufficient evidence of using the dimensions* to make sense of scientific phenomena
Understanding
and/or to design solutions to problems.
*As outlined in the Performance Expectations (PE) of the NGSS, the three dimensions are the disciplinary core ideas (DCI), science and
engineering practices (SEP), and crosscutting concepts (CCC). Note that due to the complexity of the PEs, individual assessment items may
not address all three dimensions.

Scoring Notes
Possible answers include:
a. [Results of the collision may include two of the following:]
▪ Car A will move.
▪ Car B will stop or slow down.
▪ Mason will hear a banging sound.
▪ Heat is generated.
b. ƒ Some energy is transferred from car B to car A.
▪ Some energy is transferred to the air [which results in sound and the air being heated].

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