Momentum!

What is the SYMBOL for MOMENTUM?

• M

• m

• P

• a

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Which of the following will have the MOST momentum?

• A marble, rolling across a desk.

• A dumptruck, stopped at an intersection.

• A housecat, asleep in a windowsill.

• All of these have the SAME amount of momentum.

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Which of the following contribute (cause) to an object's momentum?

• weight

• volume

• velocity

• mass

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What are the correct UNITS for MOMENTUM?

• N

• Kg x mps

• mps²

• Kg

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Which image shows the MOST MOMENTUM (A is rolling)?

• A

• B

• Both have the same amount of momentum since some transfers into the pins.

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A trash truck DOUBLES its MASS while collecting trash along its route. If it is moving with the SAME VELOCITY as it was while it was empty, what will its new momentum be?

• 1/2 as much

• twice as much

• momentum will remain the same

• momentum will = 0 Kg x mps

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If doubling the MASS of the trash truck DOUBLES its MOMENTUM, then MASS and MOMENTUM are _____________ proportional.

• DIRECTLY

• INVERSELY

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If a 4 Kg puppy chases a ball at 2 mps, what is its momentum?

• 8 Kg

• 2 Kg x mps

• 1/2 Kg x mps

• 8 Kg x mps

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After the pupply finely starts to tire, its velocity when chasing the ball is HALF of what it was. How will this affect the puppy's momentum?

• Momentum will DOUBLE.

• Momentum will HALF.

• Momentum will quadruple.

• Momentum will remain the SAME.

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If the puppy's MOMENTUM is reduced to HALF because its VELOCITY is only HALF of what it was, then MOMENTUM and VELOCITY are __________________________ proportional.

• directly

• inversely

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