Name ________________
Hour ________________
TECH SCIENCE I – Egg Drop Quiz
Terms
Match the term with the definition.
_____ 1. Gravity
_____ 2. Air Resistance
_____ 3. Momentum
_____ 4. Potential Energy
_____ 5. Kinetic Energy
_____ 6. Force
_____ 7. Energy
a. It is a force that makes an object hard to stop once it
is moving
b. A type of energy that involves movement
c. A force that pulls objects towards the Earth
d. It is any push or pull on an object
e. The force on our egg drop vehicles that helped slow
its fall
f. A type of energy that is stored
g. The ability of an object to cause change.
True or False
Mark each statement true or false.
____________ 1. Energy is greatest in the egg drop vehicle just before it hits the
ground.
____________ 2. Before the egg starts to fall all of its energy is in the form of
kinetic energy.
____________ 3. Momentum decreases as the egg falls.
____________ 4. Momentum depends on both the speed of the object and its mass.
____________ 5. The force of gravity acting on the egg is greater than the force of
air resistance.
____________ 6. The force of gravity gets larger the more mass it has.
____________ 7. The air resistance on an object depends on the mass of the object.
____________ 8. Gravity and Momentum both stay the same the whole time the egg
falls.
____________ 9. Potential energy increases the closer an object is to the ground.
____________ 10.Kinetic Energy increases as the speed increases.
____________ 11.Kinetic energy starts out at 0.
Matching
Choose the best answer for each question.
_____1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
As the egg falls energy is converted to Kinetic Energy. Evidence of this is
The sound the egg makes is loud
The egg breaks
The egg speeds up
The egg kinesises
_____2.
When the egg falls and hits which one of the following is not a place the
egg transfers energy to
The air
The person dropping it
The ground
Sound
a.
b.
c.
d.
_____3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
When things move through the air they transfer energy to the air. Evidence
of this is
The air begins to move
Sound is made
The object heats up
It doesn’t always happen
_____4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Heat is generated when
There is friction between two objects
When objects momentum increases
When potential energy converts to kinetic energy
Sound is created
_____5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The best way to use up the energy from your egg is to
Let it bounce
Let it break
Destroy the energy by converting it to mass
Use the energy to break something besides your egg