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momentum

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Momentum is a 
a)
Scalar
b)
Vector
c)
Mentum is an awesome candy bar I want mo of
2.
A 3kg car is traveling at 14 m/s to the right, what is the cars momentum?
a)
4.67 kg*m/s
b)
42 kg*m/s
c)
- 42 kg*m/s
d)
.21 kg*m/s
3.
A 14 kg donkey is walking briskly at 22 m/s to the left. What is her momentum?
a)
308 kg*m/s
b)
-308 kg*m/s
c)
1.57 kg*m/s
d)
-6776 kg*m² / s²
4.
Net momentum can be negative
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Potato
5.

Convert 2500 grams to kilograms.

a)

2.5 kg

b)

25 kg

c)

0.25 kg

d)

250 kg

6.

What is momentum defined as in physics?

a)

The product of the mass and acceleration

b)

The product of the mass and velocity

c)

The rate of change of velocity

d)

The force applied on an object

7.

What are the units of momentum?

a)

m/s

b)

kg

c)

N (Newtons)

d)

kg·m/s

8.

Which of the following is a real-world application of momentum?

a)

Cooking recipes

b)

Sports safety

c)

Writing a book

d)

Painting

9.

Momentum is a ___ quantity because it has both a direction and a ___.

a)

A) scalar, magnitude

b)

B) vector, magnitude

c)

C) complex, vector

d)

D) fundamental, unit

10.
In the momentum equation, how do you calculate velocity?
a)
v=d/t
b)
v=pm
c)
v=p/m
d)
v=m/p
11.
In the momentum equation, how do you calculate mass?
a)
m=vp
b)
m=pv
c)
m=v/p
d)
m=p/v
12.
Which has more momentum: a car at a stop light or a bike moving at 15 mph?
a)
car
b)
bike
c)
they are equal
d)
cannot determine using the info provided
13.
What are the 2 factors that affect momentum?
a)
time and distance
b)
mass and velocity
c)
speed and force
d)
momentum and mass
14.
The momentum of a 4000 kg truck traveling at 60 m/sec is:
a)
24000 kg m/sec
b)
240000 kg m/sec
c)
66.6 kg m/sec
d)
0.015 kg m/sec
15.
The velocity of a car with a momentum of 75000 kg m/sec and a mass of 3500 kg is:
a)
21 kg
b)
21 kg m/sec
c)
21
d)
21 m/sec
16.
The velocity of a car with a momentum of 243000 kg m/sec and a mass of 7000 kg is:
a)
0.03 m/sec
b)
35 kg
c)
35 kg m/sec
d)
35 m/sec
17.
The mass of a boulder with a velocity of 5 m/sec and a momentum of 2689 kg m/sec is:
a)
13445 kg
b)
538 kg
c)
0.002 kg
d)
538 m/sec
18.
If the speed of an object doubles but the mass remains the same, what happens to momentum?
a)
half as much
b)
doubles
c)
triples
d)
cannot calculate from info given
19.
If the mass of an object doubles but the speed remains the same, what happens to momentum?
a)
half as much
b)
doubles
c)
triples
d)
cannot calculate from info given
20.
How can a tennis ball and a bowling ball have the same momentum?
a)
have the same speed
b)
have different speeds
c)
one is moving backwards
d)
they can't
21.
Determine the momentum of 1000-kg car moving northward at 20 m/s......... 
a)
20000 N
b)
20000 Joules
c)
20000 Kg * m/s
d)
20000 kg * m/s north
22.
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
23.
Which object listed below has the greatest momentum?
a)
A 0.05 kg object rolling at 0.2 m/s.
b)
A 0.15 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.
c)
A 0.15 kg object rolling at 1 m/s
d)
A 0.4 kg object rolling at 2 m/s.
24.
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
25.
T/F:  A big truck will always have more momentum than a small car.
a)
True
b)
False