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Momentum

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you catch a baseball, your hand might sting, even if you use a baseball glove. Why does your hand sting?

a)

You have weak hands

b)

The baseball exerted a force on your hand when it came to a stop, and its momentum changed

c)

It's a chemical reaction

d)

Fossil Fuels in the baseball burned when it hit your hand

2.

How can net force exerted on an object be calculated?

a)

Multiplying its change in momentum by the mass of the object

b)

Multiplying length, width, and height together

c)

Subtracting time from velocity

d)

Dividing its change in momentum by the time over which the change occurs

3.

What would happen if two air hockey pucks of equal mass were moving toward each other with the same speed?

a)

they would have the same momentum and go the same direction

b)

they would have the same momentum, but in go opposite directions

c)

they would have a different momentum, but go in opposite directions

d)

they would have different momentum and go the same direction

4.

What is transferred in collisions?

a)

momentum

b)

speed

c)

velocity

d)

rate of acceleration

5.

What do the results of a collision depend on?

a)

weight transfer

b)

mass

c)

acceleration

d)

momentum of each object

6.

How is Newton's second law written?

a)

F = (mvf - mvi) / t

b)

F = mvf / t

c)

F = (mvi x mvf) + t

d)

F = (mvf + mvi) - t / s