Collisions

What happens to the kinetic energy in an elastic collision?

• lost

• conserved

• transferred

• disappears

In which collision is the total momentum and the total kinetic energy constant?

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: kicking a soccer ball with your foot

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: hitting a baseball with a bat

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: playing billards (pool)

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: arrow hitting a target

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: bullet lodging into a wood block

• elastic

• inelastic

Which type of collision does the scenario represent: football player tackles another and they both fall together to the ground

• elastic

• inelastic

What occurs when two or more objects hit each other?

• momentum

• moving inertia

• conservation

• collision

In which type of collision is kinetic energy lost?

• elastic

• inelastic