Momentum Quiz

A moving car has momentum. If a moving car moves twice as fast, how much is its momentum?

• Half as much

• The same

• Twice as much

• Four times as much

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Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other, move down a hill at the same speed. Compared to the lighter car, the momentum of the heavier car is?

• Half as much

• The same

• Twice as much

• Four times as much

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The recoil momentum of a cannon that kicks is ____ it fires.

• More than the momentum of the cannonball

• Less than the momentum of the cannonball

• The same as the momentum of the cannonball

• Cannot be determined

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If a man firmly holds a cannon when fired, then the momentum of the cannonball is equal to the recoil momentum of the?

• Cannon alone

• Cannon-man system

• Man alone

• Cannot be determined

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Suppose you are traveling in a bus at highway speed on a nice summer day and the momentum of an unlucky bug is suddenly changed as it splatters onto the front window. Compared to the force that acts on the bug, how much force acts on the bus?

• More

• The same

• Less

• Cannot be determined

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The time of impact is the same for both the bug and the bus. Compared to the impulse on the bug, this means the impulse on the bus is?

• More

• The same

• Less

• Cannot be determined

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Although the momentum of the bus is very

large compared to the momentum of the

bug, the change in momentum of the bus,

compared to the change of momentum of the

bug is

• More

• The same

• Less

• Cannot be determined

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Which undergoes the greater acceleration?

• Bus

• Bug

• The same

• Cannot be determined

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Which, therefore, suffers the greater damage?

• Bus

• Bug

• The same

• Cannot be determined

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Granny whizzes around the rink and is suddenly confronted with Ambrose at rest directly in her

path. Rather than knock him over, she picks him up and continues in motion without “braking.”

Consider both Granny and Ambrose as two

parts of one system.

If granny's mass is 80 kg and her speed is 3 m/s, what is her momentum?

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