LAB: Momentum (Alternative for page 103)

Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

• a scurrying cockroach

• a parked semi-truck

• more information is needed

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A 50 kg ball rolls down the street at 5 m/s. Calculate the momentum of the ball. 

• 55 kg*m/s
• 100 kg*m/s
• 250 kg*m/s
• 500 kg*m/s

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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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The equation to calculate momentum is

• p=mv
• p=1/2mv²
• p=mgh
• p=mg

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Which has more momentum: a car stopped at a red light or a bike moving at 15 mph?

• car
• bike
• they are equal
• cannot determine using the info provided

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Determine the momentum of 1000-kg car moving southward at 20 m/s.........

• 20000 N

• 20000 Joules

• 20000 kg * m/s south

• 10000 kg * m/s south

Momentum is a ____________________ quantity

• science
• scalar
• vector
• energy

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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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Which of the following has the least amount of momentum?

• An ant walking along the ground
• An ant at rest
• An elephant walking
• An elephant running

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What is the unit for momentum?

• m/sec
• kg/sec
• kg/m
• kg m/sec

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