Conservation of momentum

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?

• 0 m/s

• 8 m/s

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

A .030 kg bullet is fired from a gun with a speed of 350 m/s. If the gun has a mass of 0.9 kg, What is the recoil speed of the gun?

• 11.7 m/s
• 9.0 m/s
• 10.5 m/s
• 10 m/s

A large box slides across a frictionless surface with a velocity of 12 m/s and a mass of 4 kg,  collides with a smaller box with a mass of 2 kg that is stationary.  The boxes stick together. What is the velocity of the two combined masses after collision?

• 0 m/s
• 4 m/s
• 8 m/s
• 12 m/s

In all collisions, momentum is conserved

• True

• False

According to Newton's Second Law of Motion, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

• True

• False

According to the Law of Conservation of Momentum, "In an isolated system, the total momentum of the objects before and after collision are not equal."

• True

• False

The momentum of an object depends upon the object's ___________&_____________.  

• size and shape
• mass and speed
• mass and veloctiy
• mass and energy

The equation to calculate momentum is

• p=mv
• p=1/2mv²
• p=mgh
• p=mg

When two objects collide, the P_before is ____________ the P_after.

• more than 
• less than 
• equal to
• unrelated to