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Momentum Quiz 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A 2.5 kg ball moving at 5 m/s collides with a 2.5 kg stationary ball in a perfectly elastic collision.  What is the velocity of the second ball after the collision? 
a)
5 m/s
b)
2.5 m/s
c)
10 m/s
d)
7.5 m/s
2.
A 9300 kg railroad car traveling at a velocity of 5 m/s strikes a second boxcar that weighs 5000 kg at rest. At what speed will the second boxcar move?
a)
18.6 m/s
b)
9.3 m/s
c)
7.5 m/s
d)
1.86 m/s
3.
When two objects collide, the Pbefore is ____________ the Pafter.
a)
more than 
b)
less than 
c)
equal to
d)
unrelated to
4.
Two skaters begin at rest. Skater 1 has a smaller mass than Skater 2. After they push off each other,...
a)
Skater 1 experiences a greater change in momentum
b)
Skater 2 experiences a greater change in momentum
c)
Skater 1 has a greater velocity than Skater 2
d)
Skater 1 experiences a greater force
5.

If two objects collide or explode, they experience

a)

the same impulse causing the same change in momentum.

b)

different impulses causing the same change in momentum.

c)

different impulses causing different changes in momentum.

d)

the same impulse causing different changes in momentum.

6.

Pick all of the scenarios below that are collisions. (There are more than 1 correct answer)

a)

A catcher catches a baseball.

b)

A pitcher throws a baseball.

c)

Two cars smash into each other.

d)

Two students on roller skates push away from each other.

e)

A bug smashes into a windshield.

7.

Pick all of the scenarios that are explosions. (There are more than 1 correct answer)

a)

A cannon fires a cannon ball.

b)

A spoon is shoved into a jar of peanut butter.

c)

A linebacker tackles a member of the opposite team.

d)

A swimmer jumps off a floating raft.

e)

A figure skater throws a heavy ball.

8.

Which cart in the image experiences a greater change in momentum?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

Same

d)

Not enough info

9.

Which cart in the image experiences a greater change in velocity?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

Same

d)

Not enough info

10.
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?
a)
2 m/s
b)
8 m/s
c)
-2 m/s
d)
1.5 m/s
11.

Two football players with mass 75 kg and 100 kg run directly toward each other with speeds of 6 m/s and 8 m/s respectively. If they grab each other as they collide, the combined speed of the two players just after the collision would be: (Hint: one of the velocity must be negative for the collision to happen.)

a)

2 m/s

b)

3.4 m/s

c)

4.6 m/s

d)

7.1 m/s

12.
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?
a)
0 m/s
b)
4 m/s
c)
8 m/s
d)
12 m/s
13.
Before the canon fires a cannon ball, both sit at rest. A person can confidently say the total momentum is...
a)
zero
b)
non-zero
14.
When the speed of an object is doubled, its momentum
a)
remains unchanged in accord with the conservation of momentum.
b)
doubles
c)
quadruples
d)
decreases
15.

Conservation of momentum follows from

a)

Newton’s first law

b)

Newton’s second law

c)

Newton’s third law

d)

the law of conservation of energy

16.

Select the best equation that would help solve the problem:

Ball A and Ball B have the same mass. Ball A rolls and collides with Ball B at rest. Ball A rolls with some velocity after the collision, what is the velocity of Ball B?

a)

Δp = mv

b)

p = mv

c)

(before) mAvA + mBvB = mAvA + mBvB (after)

d)

(before) mAvA + mBvB = (mA + mB)v (after)

17.

Select the best equation that would help solve the problem:

An arrow collides and sticks with a target that is hanging on a string with negligible mass. To find the velocity of the arrow and target after the collision.

a)

Δp = mv

b)

p = mv

c)

(before) mAvA + mBvB = mAvA + mBvB (after)

d)

(before) mAvA + mBvB = (mA + mB)v (after)

18.

A car crashes into a barrier with an impulse of 40,000 kg x m/s. The collision took 2 seconds. How much force did the barrier exert?

a)

80,000 N

b)

60,000 N

c)

40,000 N

d)

20,000 N

19.
A 0.250 kg cart moving at 0.400 m/s has how much momentum?
a)
0.1 kg-m/s
b)
1 kg-m/s
c)
10 kg-m/s
d)
100 kg-m/s
20.

What is the total impulse

for t = 0 - 5 seconds? (Hint: Divide the shape into a square and triangle)

a)

6 N*s

b)

4 N*s

c)

10 N*s

d)

8 N*s