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Momentum and Collisions

Teacher Notes and Answers
6 Momentum and Collisions
MOMENTUM AND IMPULSE
1. b 10. 9.0  106 kg•m/s
2. c Given
3. a m = 1.0  104 kg
4. c vi = 1.2  103 m/s
5. b F = 25 kN = 2.5  104 N
6. c
t = 2.0 min = 120 s
Solution
7. c
pi =mvi =
8. d
9. Impulse is the product of the force acting on (1.010 4 kg )(1.210 3 m/s) =
an object and the time interval in which the 1.210 7 kg • m/s
force acts on an object. The impulse- F
t =
p= p f  pi
momentum theorem states that the impulse p f = F
t + pi
on an object is equal to the change in the
p f = (2.510 4 N)(120 s) +
object’s momentum.
(1.210 7 kg • m/s) =
9.010 6 kg • m/s

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Momentum and Collisions

Section Quiz: Momentum and Impulse
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

_____ 1. What is the product of an object’s mass and its velocity?

a. kinetic energy
b. momentum
c. impulse
d. inertia
_____ 2. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?
a. a 4.0 kg bowling ball moving at 2.0 m/s
b. a 0.15 kg baseball moving at 10.0 m/s
c. a 1.6
103 kg car moving at 0.5 m/s
d. a 0.02 kg bullet moving at 950 m/s
_____ 3. How does the momentum of an object change if the object’s velocity
doubles?
a. The momentum doubles.
b. The momentum increases by a factor of four.
c. The momentum decreases by a factor of 1/2.
d. The momentum decreases by a factor of 1/4.
_____ 4. What are the units of momentum?
a. N
b. J
c. kg•m/s
d. kg•m/s2

_____ 5. Which of the following can determine the magnitude of the change in
an object’s momentum?
a. mass and acceleration
b. force and time interval
c. force and distance
d. acceleration and time interval
_____ 6. Which of the following is true of changes in momentum?
a. A small force may produce a large change in momentum by acting
over a short time interval.
b. A small force may produce a large change in momentum by acting
over a long distance.
c. A large force may produce a small change in momentum by acting
over a short time interval.
d. A small force may produce a large change in momentum by acting
on a very massive object.

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Momentum and Collisions continued

_____ 7. If a net force acts on an object, then the object’s momentum

a. will increase.
b. will decrease.
c. will either increase or decrease.
d. may or may not change.
_____ 8. Which of the following involves a change in momentum?
a. A bowling ball rolls down the lane at constant speed.
b. A car coasts down a hill at constant speed.
c. A sky diver descends with terminal velocity.
d. A spacecraft travels at constant speed while slowly losing mass.
9. Define impulse, and state the impulse-momentum theorem.
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10. A 1.0
104 kg spacecraft is traveling through space with a speed of 1200 m/s
relative to Earth. A thruster fires for 2.0 min, exerting a continuous force of
25 kN on the spacecraft in a direction opposite the spacecraft’s motion.
Calculate the initial momentum and the final momentum of the spacecraft.

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