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 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 total momentum before a collision is _________ the total momentum after a collision.

• equal to 
• less than 
• more than
• It depends on the type of collision

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The momentum of an object depends upon the object's ___________&_____________.  

• size and shape
• mass and speed
• mass and veloctiy
• mass and energy

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Before the canon fires a cannon ball, both sit at rest. A person can confidently say the total momentum is...

• zero
• non-zero

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When the speed of an object is doubled, its momentum

• remains unchanged in accord with the conservation of momentum.
• doubles
• quadruples
• decreases

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In a physics experiment, two carts of mass 1.5 kg each are rolled towards each other.  The orange cart has a velocity of 2 m/s and the blue cart has a velocity of -1m/s.  The carts stick together when they collide.  Calculate their final speed.

• 0.5 m/s
• 1.0 m/s
• 0.33 m/s
• 0.67 m/s

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