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ACTIVITY NO. 3_Review Questions

Multiple Choice Questions
Direction: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of your choice BEFORE each number. Use CAPITAL
letters for your answer.

1. A freight car of mass 20,000 kg moves along a frictionless level railroad track with a constant speed of 15
m/s. What is the momentum of the car?
A. 30,000 kg·m/s
B. 3,000 kg·m/s
C.300,000 kg·m/s
D. 3,000,000 kg·m/s
E. 300 kg·m/s

2. A 500 kg sailboat moves with a momentum of 150,000 kg·m/s? What is the velocity of the boat?
A.300 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 30 m/s D. 3,000 m/s E. 30,000 m/s

3. The momenta of two different objects are presented by on the

diagram. Which of the following is the net momentum of the
system of two objects?

A. B.

C. D.

E.

4. The momenta of two different objects are presented by on the diagram. Which of the following is the net
momentum of the system of two objects?
 A. B.

C. D.

E.

5. A cannon fires a cannonball and recoils backward. Which

of the following statements is true about the cannon
recoil?
A. It happens because the energy of the system is
conserved
B. It happens because the energy of the system is increased
C. It happens because the momentum of the system is not conserved
D. It happens because the momentum of the system is conserved
E. It happens because the momentum of the system is increased

6. An air balloon hovers at a certain altitude above the ground. A pilot throws a sand bag
down from the balloon. What is the direction of the balloon’s velocity just after the bag
was thrown?

A. B. C. D. E.

7. What is the momentum of the cannon after firing a cannon ball with an initial
momentum of 5,000 kg·m/s to the right?

A. 5,000 kg·m/s to the right B. 5,000 kg·m/s to the left C. zero

D. 2,500 kg·m/s to the right E. 2,500 kg·m/s to the left

8. A platform moves at a constant velocity on a horizontal surface. What

happens to the velocity of the platform after a sudden rain falls down?
A. It increases because the energy is conserved
B. It decreases because the energy is conserved
C. It remains constant because the momentum is conserved
D. It increases because the momentum is conserved
E. It decreases because the momentum is conserved
9. A stationary skateboarder I with a mass of 50 kg pushes a stationary
skateboarder II with a mass of 75 kg. After the push the skateboarder II moves
with a velocity of 2 m/s to the right. What is the velocity of the skateboarder I?
A. 3 m/s to the left
B. 2 m/s to the left
C. 1 m/s to the right
D. 3 m/s to the right
E. 2 m/s to the right

10. A loaded freight car A with a mass of 24,000 kg

moves at a constant velocity of 8 m/s on a
horizontal railroad track and collides with an
empty stationary car B with a mass of 8,000 kg.
After the collision the cars stick to each other and moves like one object. What is the velocity of two cars
after the collision?
A. 2 m/s B. 4 m/s C. 6 m/s D. 8 m/s D. 12 m/s

11. A 40 kg skateboarder runs at a constant velocity of 12 m/s and jumps of a

stationary skateboard with a mass of 8 kg. What is the velocity of the
skateboard after the jump?
A. 12 m/s B. 90 m/s C. 60 m/s D. 20 m/s E. 10 m/s

12. An 80 kg diver jumps off a moving boat. The boat has a mass of 400 kg
and moves at a constant velocity of 2 m/s. What is the velocity of the
boat after the jump if the diver jumps with a velocity of 3 m/s in
opposite direction to the initial velocity of the boat?
A. 2 m/s B. 3 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 5 m/s E. 6 m/s

13. Block A with a mass 2m moves on a frictionless horizontal surface

at a constant speed v and collides inelastically with B of mass m.
What is the velocity of two blocks after the collision?
1 1 2 1
A. v B. 2v C. 3v D. 3v E.4 v

14. Block A with a mass m moves on a frictionless horizontal surface

at a constant velocity v and collides elastically with an identical
block B. What is the velocity of block A after the collision?
1 1 2
A. 0 m/s B. v C.2 v D. 3v E. 3v

15. Block A with a mass m moves on a frictionless horizontal

surface at a constant velocity v and collides elastically with
an identical block B. What is the velocity of block B after
the collision?
1 1 2
A. 0 m/s B. v C.2 v D. 3v E. 3v
16. A 10 kg object moves at a constant velocity 2 m/s to the right and collides with a 4 kg object moving at a
velocity 5 m/s to the left. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. The total momentum before and after the collision is 20 kg·m/s
B. The total momentum before and after the collision is 40 kg·m/s
C. The total momentum before and after the collision is 10 kg·m/s
D. The total momentum before and after the collision is 30 kg·m/s
E. The total momentum before and after the collision is zero

17. When two objects collide elastically the momentum is conserved. Which of the following is true about the
kinetic energy during the collision?
A. The kinetic energy is conserved
B. The kinetic energy is lost
C. The kinetic energy is gained
D. The kinetic energy completely transforms into thermal energy
E. More information is required
18. When two objects collide inelastically the momentum is conserved. Which of the following is true about the
kinetic energy during the collision?
A. The kinetic energy is conserved
B. The kinetic energy is not conserved
C. The kinetic energy is gained
D. The kinetic energy completely transforms into thermal energy
E. More information is required

19. A light beach ball moving with a velocity 2 m/s to the right
collides elastically with a stationary bowling ball. After the
collision the bowling ball remains stationary. What is the
velocity of the beach ball after the collision?
A. 0 m/s B. 2 m/s to the left C. 4 m/s to the left D. 3 m/s to the left E. 1 m/s to the left

20. A bowling ball moving with a constant speed v collides

elastically with a stationary beach ball. After the collision
the bowling ball barely slows down. What is an
approximate speed of the beach ball after the collision?
1 1
A. v B. 2v C. 3v D. 2v E. 3v
21. A big truck collides inelastically with a small car. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The truck experiences the greater magnitude of impulse during the collision
B. The car experiences the greater magnitude of impulse during the collision
C. They experience the same magnitude of impulse during the collision
D. The impulse of each object is zero during the collision
E. More information is required

22. A tennis ball approaches a racket with a momentum of 5

kg·m/s and bounces back with a momentum of 6 kg·m/s
after the collision with the racket. What is the change in
momentum of the tennis ball?
A. 1 kg·m/s B. 5 kg·m/s C. 6 kg·m/s D. 11 kg·m/s E. 0 kg·m/s
 23. A rubber ball moving with an initial momentum Pi collides elastically with a vertical
wall. Which of the following is correct about the vector of impulse that the ball
experiences during the collision?

A. B. C. D. E.

24. A piece of clay moving with an initial momentum Pi collides with a vertical wall and
sticks to it. Which of the following is correct about the vector of impulse that the clay
experiences during the collision?

A. B. C. D. E.

25. The force as a function of time is presented by the graph. What is

the impulse exerted on the object during first six seconds?
A. 40 N·s
B. 80 N·s
C. 120 N·s
D. 240 N·s
E. 360 N·s

26. A car of mass m, traveling at speed v, stops in time t when

maximum braking force is applied. Assuming the braking force is independent of mass, what time would be
required to stop a car of mass 2m traveling at speed v? (A) ½ t (B) t (C) √2 t (D) 2t (E)
4t
27. How long must a 100 N net force act to produce a change in momentum of 200 kg·m/s?
(A) 0.25 s (B) 0.50 s (C) 1.0 s (D) 2.0 s (E) 4.0 s
28. Two football players with mass 75 kg and 100 kg run directly toward each other with speeds of 6 m/s and 8
m/s respectively. If they grab each other as they collide, the combined speed of the two players just after the
collision would be: (A) 2 m/s (B) 3.4 m/s (C) 4.6 m/s (D) 7.1 m/s (E) 8
m/s
29. The net force on a rocket with a weight of 1.5 x 104 N is 2.4 x 104 N. How much time is needed to increase
the rockets speed from 12 m/s to 36 m/s near the surface of the Earth at takeoff?
(A) 0.62 s (B) 0.78 s (C) 1.5 s (D) 3.8 s (E) 15 s
30. A ball is thrown straight up in the air. When the ball reaches its highest point, which of the following is true?
(A) It is in equilibrium (B) It has zero acceleration.
(C) It has maximum momentum. (D) It has zero kinetic energy. (E) None of the above

31. The two blocks of masses M and 2M shown above

initially travel at the same speed v but in opposite directions.
They collide and stick together. How much mechanical energy
is lost to other forms of energy during the collision?
(A) Zero (B) 1/2 M v2 (C) 3/4 M v2 (D) 4/3 M v2 (E) 3/2 M v2
 Questions 32 and 33
A 4-kilogram mass has a speed of 6 meters per second on a
horizontal frictionless surface, as shown above. The mass collides head-
on with an identical 4-kilogram mass initially at rest and sticks. The
combined masses then collide head-on and stick to a third 4-kilogram
mass initially at rest.
32. The final speed of the first two 4-kilogram masses that stick together is
(A) 0 m/s (B) 2 m/s (C) 3 m/s (D) 4 m/s (E) 6 m/s
33. The final speed of the three masses is
(A) 0 m/s (B) 2 m/s (C) 3 m/s (D) 4 m/s (E) 6 m/s
34. A player catches a 150-gram ball travelling at 20 meters per second. If the catching procedure needs to be done
in 0.1 second. What is the force that the ball exerts on the player’s hands?
(A) 3000 N (B) 300 N (C) 30 N (D) 0.3 N
35. 10. A projectile with a mass of 5 grams is fired from a gun with a mass of 5 kg. If the recoil velocity is 500 m/s,
what is the muzzle velocity? (A) 500 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 50 m/s (D) 0.5 m/s
36. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?
A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
37. A roller coaster climbs up a hill at 4 m/s and then zips down the hill at 30 m/s. The momentum of the roller
coaster
A. is greater up the hill than down the hill.
B. is greater down the hill than up the hill.
C. remains the same throughout the ride.
D. is zero throughout the ride.
38. The change in an object’s momentum is equal to

A. the product of the mass of the object and the time interval.
B. the product of the force applied to the object and the time interval.
C. the time interval divided by the net external force.
D. the net external force divided by the time interval.
39. Which of the following statements about the conservation of momentum is not correct?
A. Momentum is conserved for a system of objects pushing away from each other.
B. Momentum is not conserved for a system of objects in a head-on collision.
C. Momentum is conserved when two or more interacting objects push away from each other.
D. The total momentum of a system of interacting objects remains constant regardless of
forces between the objects.
40. A ball with a momentum of 4.0 kg•m/s hits a wall and bounces straight back without losing any kinetic energy.
What is the change in the ball’s momentum? A. –8.0 kg•m/s B. –4.0 kg•m/s C. 0.0 kg•m/s D. 8.0
kg•m/s
41. Which has more momentum, a large truck moving at 13m/s or a small truck moving at 13m/s?
A. the large truck B. the small truck C. Both have the same momentum D. Not enough information
42. The momentum change of an object is equal to the
A. force acting on it B. velocity change of the object
C. impulse acting on it D. object’s mass times the force acting on it.
43. Two bodies are accelerating towards each other. After sometime they collide. Which one of the following
statements is true about the system?
A) The total momentum remains conserved about the instant of collision
B) The total momentum remains conserved during collision
C) The total momentum does not remain conserved
D) The total momentum remains conserved
44. A player catches a 150-gram ball travelling at 20 metres per second. If the catching procedure needs to be done
in 0.1 second. What is the force that the ball exerts on the player’s hands?
(A) 3000 N (B) 300 N (C) 30 N (D) 0.3 N
45. If the momentum of a ball is doubled, then the kinetic energy is
A. 0.5 times larger. B. 2 times larger. C. 3 times larger. D.4 times larger. E. 5 times larger.
46. A 4.00 kg ball is moving at 4.0 m/s to the right and a 6.00 kg ball is moving at 3.00 m/s to the left. The total
momentum of the system is
A. 16 kg m/s to the right.
B. 2.0 kg m/s to the right.
C. 2.0 kg m/s to the left.
D. 18 kg m/s to the left.

47. A block of mass 5kg is sliding to the right across a frictionless

surface. The block collides with another object and experiences a
change in velocity as described by the velocity-time graph provided.
What is the magnitude of the average impact force experienced by the
block during collision?
A. 250N
B. 500N
C. 1000N
D. 2500N
Time (s )
48. A gun of mass 5 kg fires a 0.050g bullet with a velocity of 200m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the gun?
A. 2m/s B. 20m/s C. zero D. 0.2m/s
49. When a force is applied to a body of mass 2 kg, its velocity changes from 20 ms-1 to 30 ms-1 in 2 s. The rate of
change of momentum of the body is:
A. 10kg.m/s B. 10N C. 0.1 N D. 10kg.m
50. Two blocks moving in opposite directions collide and stick
together after the collision. What is their combined speed after the
collision?
A. 8m/s B. 6m/s C. 4m/s D. 2m/s
 ANSWERS

1. C
2. A
3. E
4. A
5. D
6. E
7. B
8. E
9. A
10. C
11. E
12. B
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. E
17. A
18. B
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. A
25. D
26.D
27.D
28.A
29.C
30.D
31.D
32.C
33.B
34.C
35.D
36.C
37.B
38.B
39.A
40.A
41.A
42.C
43.A
44.C
45.D
46.C
47.A
48.A
49.A
50.D