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WorksheetsIdentifying Momentum Problems
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 9mins
Two ice skaters spin while holding themselves close together and then break apart, sliding away from each other. You are given the mass of both skaters and the velocities after they pushed apart, find the velocity when they were together.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
A pair of cars head towards each other and crash. When they crash, the car bodies lock together. Given the velocities and the mass of car 1, find the mass of car 2.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
After landing the plane on the runway, the the pilots use the brakes to slow the plane down to a stop. You are given the braking force and the planes mass and velocity. Find the length of time the brakes were applied.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse problem
A bowling ball rolls down the lane towards the last pin left. They collide and go flying in different directions
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
Two football players collide and fall to the ground together. You are given the velocity of both players and their masses before the tackle. Find their velocity after the tackle.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
A loaded gun fires a bullet downrange toward a target. The gun recoils in the opposite direction of the target. Given the mass of the bullet, the speed of the bullet, and the mass gun, find the speed of gun as it recoils from firing the bullet.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
A crosswalk guard catches a biker and slows the down so that they don't roll into the street. What was the force needed to reduce the bike's momentum to zero?
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse problem
Two students aren't looking where they are walking and run into each other in the hall. They bump into each other and each fall backwards away from each other.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse problem
A baseball is thrown at a pitcher. The ball is hit with a bat and flies in the opposite direction. Given the ball's initial velocity, the force of the bat, and the time the bat was in contact with the ball, find the final velocity of the ball.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse problem
Two kids at a fair are driving bumper cars. One is at rest and the other drives in and bumps them. They collide and bounce off of each other.
Elastic Collision
Inelastic Collision
Explosive Collision
Impulse Problem
Units for momentum are
kg m
kg sm
N sm
Nm
Units for Impulse are
Ns
kg s
N
N sm
Does momentum have direction?
Yes, it's a vector quantity.
No, it is a scalar quantity.
