Momentum Vocabulary

Momentum is

• energy of motion

• mass and speed

• inertia in motion

• same as impetus

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Force is ...

• mass * velocity

• push or pull

• inertia in motion

• energy of motion

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External net force is

• total forces acting on a system

• outside forces acting on a system

• total of outside forces acting on a system

• forces caused by outside forces

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Nonzero external net force causes ...

• momentum change

• mechanical energy change

• kinetic energy change

• potential energy change

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A system is ...

• a specific field of study

• a group of interacting objects

• the time during which a collision takes place

• a place where things are being observed

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Conservation of momentum means ...

• momentum of an object does not change

• momentum of a system does not change

• kinetic energy does not change

• no acceleration

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Impulse is ...

• momentum change

• energy change

• the force involved in a collision

• work done on a system

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Kinetic energy is ...

• same as momentum

• same as mechanical energy

• energy of position

• energy of motion

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Nonconservative forces ...

• always cause acceleration

• always change mechanical energy

• always change momentum

• are the same as external forces

Work ...

• causes energy change

• causes momentum change

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