Forces & Car Safety Features

Headrests protect you from what common injury?

• Broken bones

• Whiplash

• DEATH!

• Loss of limb

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__________________ are used to safely decrease the momentum of a CAR (*not only the person).

• Airbags

• Crumple zone

• Seatbelts

• Headrest

• Breaks

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We learned about Pressure to explain which safety feature?

• Airbags

• Crumple zone

• Seatbelts

• Safety Cage

• Breaks

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Old cars are safer because they are built like tanks, you could hit a tree and the front end wouldn't crumple.

• True

• False

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Some safety features are designed to increase the time of a collision because this reduces the maximum force.

• True

• False

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A longer stopping distance means you will feel more force.

• True

• False

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Airbags absorb the inertia of your body in a crash by increasing the __________ it takes to slow your body down.

• Time

• Pressure

• Acceleration

• Momentum

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Seatbelts save thousands of lives every year.

• True

• False

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When calculating Work (W = F x d), Force and Distance are ___________________.

• Inversely Proportional

• Directly Proportional

• Evenly Proportional

• Not related

The Physics concepts we learned when we talked about airbags were:

• Momentum (m*v) and Pressure (F/A)

• Speed and Velocity (d/t)

• Work (F*d) and Impulse (F*t)

• Acceleration (v/t) and Area (L*W)

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