Crumple zone

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/crumple-zone

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. What is a crumple zone in a car?

2. 2. Why do cars have squishy parts instead of being all hard?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Plastic Deformation

• Kinetic Energy

• Safety Cell

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.