Faster Means More Energy is a free printable Grade 4 science worksheet on relating the speed of an object to the energy it has, aligned to Common Core standard 4-PS3-1. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Faster Means More Energy
4-PS3-1
NameDate
Look at the results, then answer.
1.
20 cm40 cm60 cm80 cm
Dents made in clay by a dropped ball. Which drop height made the smallest dent?
2.
10 cm30 cm50 cm70 cm
Water splashed by a stone dropped from four heights. Which height splashed least?
3.
SlowMediumFast
Distance a block was pushed, by ball speed. How far did the block move at medium speed?
4.
Push 1Push 2Push 3Push 4
How far a sledge slid after four pushes. Which push was hardest, by distance slid?
LessonPrint · 4-PS3-1 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Faster Means More Energy
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.20 cm, with a dent of only 2 mm.
2.10 cm, which splashed only 4 cm.
3.8 cm.
4.Push 3, which slid it 14 cm.
More practice for 4-PS3-1
Explain how an object's speed relates to its energy.
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