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    This document discusses basic physics concepts related to car crashes such as inertia, momentum, and kinetic energy. It asks questions about why objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion, what factors can change an object's motion or momentum, the importance of wearing a seatbelt, differences between regular and panic braking, characteristics of a car's front end that affect safety, and why lighter cars often fare worse than heavier cars in crashes. It concludes by asking how doubling a car's speed impacts its kinetic energy and asking what three things in a car can improve safety during a crash.

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    This document discusses basic physics concepts related to car crashes such as inertia, momentum, and kinetic energy. It asks questions about why objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion, what factors can change an object's motion or momentum, the importance of wearing a seatbelt, differences between regular and panic braking, characteristics of a car's front end that affect safety, and why lighter cars often fare worse than heavier cars in crashes. It concludes by asking how doubling a car's speed impacts its kinetic energy and asking what three things in a car can improve safety during a crash.

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    Understanding Car Crashes: It's Basic Physics

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    This document discusses basic physics concepts related to car crashes such as inertia, momentum, and kinetic energy. It asks questions about why objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion, what factors can change an object's motion or momentum, the importance of wearing a seatbelt, differences between regular and panic braking, characteristics of a car's front end that affect safety, and why lighter cars often fare worse than heavier cars in crashes. It concludes by asking how doubling a car's speed impacts its kinetic energy and asking what three things in a car can improve safety during a crash.

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    Understanding Car Crashes: It’s Basic Physics

    1. What is inertia?

    2. What does an object at rest tend to do? Give an example.

    3. What does an object in motion tend to do? Give an example.

    4. What will change an object’s motion?

    5. Why is wearing a seatbelt a good thing?

    6. What is momentum?

    7. What changes an object’s momentum?

    8. Why do you feel a greater force when panic braking in a car versus regular braking?

    9. Is it better to have a more or less stiff front end in a car? Why?

    10. Why do lighter, smaller cars often “lose” in a car crash?

    11. If you double the speed of a car in a car crash, how much does the kinetic energy increase?

    12. What are three things on/in a car that improve your safety in a car crash?

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