Conservation of Momentum

A 2.5 kg ball moving at 5 m/s collides with a 2.5 kg stationary ball in a perfectly elastic collision.  What is the velocity of the second ball after the collision? 

• 5 m/s
• 2.5 m/s
• 10 m/s
• 7.5 m/s

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A 9300 kg railroad car traveling at a velocity of 5 m/s strikes a second boxcar that weighs 5000 kg at rest. At what speed will the second boxcar move?

• 18.6 m/s
• 9.3 m/s
• 7.5 m/s
• 1.86 m/s

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A .030 kg bullet is fired from a gun with a speed of 350 m/s. If the gun has a mass of 0.9 kg, What is the recoil speed of the gun?

• 11.7 m/s
• 9.0 m/s
• 10.5 m/s
• 10 m/s

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A 9 kg blob moving at 5 m/s collides and sticks to a second blob with a mass of 5 kg. If the two bobs stick together, what will the velocity of the two blobs move at?

• 3.57 m/s
• 3.2 m/s
• 10.0  m/s
• 9.0  m/s

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In any collision (crash) the ______ is ALWAYS constant

• Total Momentum
• total speed
• total Velocity
• Energy

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A big fish swims upon and swallows a small fish at rest. After lunch, the big fish has less

• momentum
• velocity
• mass

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When two objects collide, the P_before is ____________ the P_after.

• more than 
• less than 
• equal to
• unrelated to

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The recoil speed of a rifle is much less than the exit velocity of a bullet because...

• the rifle experiences a smaller force
• the rifle experiences a smaller change in momentum
• the rifle has a much greater mass
• the rifle does not obey the laws of physics

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A person on a stationary skateboard throws a bowling ball with a velocity of 5.0 m/s. What is a possible speed of the person after the throw? 

• 0 m/s
• 1.5 m/s
• 5.0  m/s
• 7.5 m/s

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Two skaters begin at rest. Skater 1 has a smaller mass than Skater 2. After they push off each other,...

• Skater 1 experiences a greater change in momentum
• Skater 2 experiences a greater change in momentum
• Skater 1 has a greater velocity than Skater 2
• Skater 1 experiences a greater force

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