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Momentum and Impulse

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Which has more momentum: a car stopped at a red light or a bike moving at 15 mph?

a)

car

b)

bike

c)

they are equal

d)

cannot determine using the info provided

3.

Momentum is a ____________________ quantity

a)

science

b)

scalar

c)

vector

d)

energy

4.

Which of the following has the greatest momentum? 

a)

a scurrying cockroach

b)

a parked semi-truck

c)

more information is needed

5.

Which of the following has the least amount of momentum?

a)

An ant walking along the ground

b)

An ant at rest

c)

An elephant walking

d)

An elephant running

6.

What is the unit for momentum?

a)

m/sec

b)

kg/sec

c)

kg/m

d)

kg m/sec

7.

Most modern vehicles have padded dashboards. This reduces collision injuries by...

a)

reducing the driver's change in momentum

b)

increasing the driver's change in momentum

c)

increasing the force of impact

d)

increasing the time of impact

8.

An impulse depends on

a)

weight and force

b)

force and time

c)

electric charge and time

d)

none of these

9.

An egg gets dropped from a height of 0.1 meters and cracks. A second egg gets dropped from the same height but this time it lands on a glass of water and does not break. In terms of impulse.

a)

1st egg experienced more impulse

b)

2nd egg experienced more impulse

c)

both experienced the same impulse

10.

What is the unit of impulse?

a)

N/s

b)

Kg.m/s

c)

N.s

d)

Kg.m/s and N.s

e)

None of the above

11.

All of the following are examples of impulse except..

a)

A car moving with constant speed

b)

A tennis ball hitting a racket

c)

A pencil getting stuck to the ceiling

d)

A hammer bouncing of a nail

12.

A 2 kg cart has a momentum of 16 kg m/s. What is its velocity?

a)

8 m/s

b)

32 m/s

c)

0.125 m/s

d)

18 m/s

13.

A 5 kg object is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. What is its momentum?

a)

50 kg m/s

b)

5 kg m/s

c)

10 kg m/s

d)

500 kg m/s

14.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the concept of impulse?

a)

A car maintaining a constant speed on a highway

b)

A baseball being hit by a bat

c)

A book resting on a table

d)

A train moving at a constant velocity

15.

If a force of 20 N is applied to an object for 3 seconds, what is the impulse experienced by the object?

a)

60 N.s

b)

20 N.s

c)

3 N.s

d)

6 N.s