Momentum Practice

A biker with a mass of 75 kg moves along the path with a constant velocity of 5 m/s. What is the biker's momentum?

• 25 m/s
• 375 m/s
• 25 kg m/s
• 375 kg m/s

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The momentum of a truck traveling in a straight line at 25 m/s is 37,500 kg m/s. What is the truck's mass? 

• 937,500 kg
• 937,500 N
• 1,500 N
• 1,500 kg

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How much momentum does a 50 kg mass moving at 10 m/s have?

• 5 kg m/s
• 500 kg m/s
• 5 N
• 500 N

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How much momentum does a stationary battle ship have if it has a mass of 2,575,000 kg?

• 2,575,000 N
• 2,575,000 kg m/s
• 0 Momentum requires mass and velocity
• none of the above

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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 object listed below has the greatest momentum?

• A 0.05 kg object rolling at 0.2 m/s
• A 0.15 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.
• A 0.15 kg object rolling at 1 m/s
• A 0.4 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.

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A 10kg toy truck moves at 5m/s East. It collides head-on with a 5kg toy car moving 10 m/s moving west. What is the total momentum of the system?

• 10 kgm/s
• 50 kgm/s
• 30 kgm/s
• 0 kgm/s

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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

While playing pool, the white cue ball strikes the 8 ball. Before the collision, the cue ball's velocity was +10 m/s and the 8 ball was at rest. If both ball's have a mass of 0.15 kg and the cue ball's velocity after the collision is +2 m/s, what is the 8 ball's velocity?

• +2 m/s

• +8 m/s

• -2 m/s

• +1.5 m/s

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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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NGSS.HS-PS2-2

The equation to calculate momentum is

• p=mv
• p=1/2mv²
• p=mgh
• p=mg

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