GOALS

ACADEMIC: What do I need to learn today?

How does momentum work with when there is a crash
ACCOMPLISH: What do I need to accomplish today to be successful?
To be able to see how the movement changes when a the two cars hit each
other.

What Do You See?

Look at the illustration in the text. Use any scientific language that applies to describe
what is happening.
I see that a small car with low mass crash into a bigger car that has more mass and has
more inertia . The smaller car did not move the bigger car that much. The other thing is
that the red car/ small car is going at a very fast velocity. It also looks like the smaller
car is putting a small pressure because the area of this gate thing may be high and he
probably cant put a large force.

What Do You Think?

Read the entire section and thoughtfully respond to the question.
The difference of mass the two automobiles would be a factor. The other factors would
be the velocity of the car that will crash also which car that will crash into. The strength
of the crumple zones. The strength of the seat belt and how fast the airbag can blow up
and the friction.

I think the person in the sports car would suffer worse injuries because he would have
to quilty stop from a lot of velocity so he/she would be negatively acceleration very fast
that could hurt him.

Investigate
Be sure to respond to any questions or record data for the items listed below.

Small Large Push Doubled Different Different Mystery

Push Mass Mass 1 Mass 2 Weight
Obser a) The a) The cart was a) It was a) The car a) The car a) The Car with
car hit and quite started traveled at the spring had a
vation mov started similar moving a low greater mass.
s ed at moving at a to the quickly. velocity at This was
 a fast pace. first a determined due
slow experim b) This is the negatively to the reaction
pace b) It moved ent, same as a acceleratin of the car in
. faster. except monster g rate due which the cart
for a truck to friction. with more mass
c) This could slight hitting a generally travels
represent a change small b) This is like at higher
parked car in speed minicooper a mini velocity.
being hit by . . cooper
a fast hitting a b) The mystery
moving car c) The small monster object was
at an cart goes truck at an indeed heavier
intersection. even faster. intersection by a .2 kg,
.

c) All that
happens in
the large
cart goes
faster.

Be sure to respond to any questions or record data for the items listed below.
2.a. The velocity of the car that hit the other car still had some motion after the crash
and the other car got most of the force and moved a big distance.

3.
a. The car with the spring actually move farther ,but the velocity of the car that got
hit was faster and the car that got hit went a good distance.
B. There was a increase in velocity and it seem the reason why is the more force we
used.

C. This could show like a monster truck with the grid thing and it ran into another truck
with the same mass.

4.
a. When the two cars hit the car with the spring with the weight had more velocity
and it seems the other car had less velocity relative to the trial crash when the
two cars had no weights.

5.a. During this trial an object with a large mass is traveling at a high velocity towards
the car with a small mass. This results in the small object being shoved by the other
object. Now the once stationary object has moved farther than the object with the most
mass.

B. I think it is a good model of a truck with bigger mass (more force) and another car
with a lower mass that have rear ended.

C. the faster we push the car the car that is getting hit has a bigger difference in the
jump of velocity than the car with the spring jump of velocity.

6.a. The car with the spring traveled very slowly after the collision and it was slower
than the last few trials ,but the car that got hit still go a good distance though I think it
was slower than the last few trials too I think the reason why is the fact that the friction
would make a greater impact on both cars because how the motion was divided.

B. I think this would relate to a collision with a small car hitting a car with more mass.

C. The larger cart went faster when it hit the

7.
a.The Car with the spring had a greater mass. This was determined due to the reaction
of the car in which the cart with more mass generally travels at higher velocity .

b.The mystery object was indeed heavier by a .2 kg,