Momentum depends on an object's mass and velocity. Greater mass or velocity results in greater momentum, making heavier or faster objects more difficult to stop. Momentum can be calculated using the equation p=mv, where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity. Changes in an object's momentum occur when its mass or velocity changes, such as when a moving vehicle suddenly stops.
Momentum depends on an object's mass and velocity. Greater mass or velocity results in greater momentum, making heavier or faster objects more difficult to stop. Momentum can be calculated using the equation p=mv, where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity. Changes in an object's momentum occur when its mass or velocity changes, such as when a moving vehicle suddenly stops.
Momentum depends on an object's mass and velocity. Greater mass or velocity results in greater momentum, making heavier or faster objects more difficult to stop. Momentum can be calculated using the equation p=mv, where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity. Changes in an object's momentum occur when its mass or velocity changes, such as when a moving vehicle suddenly stops.
Momentum depends on an object's mass and velocity. Greater mass or velocity results in greater momentum, making heavier or faster objects more difficult to stop. Momentum can be calculated using the equation p=mv, where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity. Changes in an object's momentum occur when its mass or velocity changes, such as when a moving vehicle suddenly stops.
Which of the two toy vehicles was more difficult to stop – the lighter one or the heavier one? The From the concepts that you have learned, answer the check up questions: heavier one is more difficult to stop. This is because it possesses a greater inertia in motion which depends on an object’s mass and velocity. Do you still remember Newton’s First Law of Motion? It 1. Which has more momentum, a huge truck that is not moving or a small toy cart that is is also known as the Law of Inertia. An object’s momentum is also known as inertia in motion. For moving? objects moving at the same velocity, a more massive object has a greater inertia in motion therefore 2. A moving car has momentum. If it moves twice as fast, its momentum would be __________ a greater momentum. Momentum depends on two factors, mass and velocity. Two cars of the same as much. mass but different velocities will also have different momenta. 3. Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other, moves down a hill at the same time. The heavier car would have a _________ momentum.
Consider the two identical cars on the left. Car A is traveling at 80 km/h while Applying the equation learned, answer the following problems: Car B is traveling at 30 km/h. Which of the two cars would be more difficult to stop? Which of the two cars has more momentum? Car A, being faster, is more 1. A bowling ball whose mass is 4.0 kg is rolling at a rate of 2.5 m/s. What is its momentum? difficult to stop. It has more momentum. 2. A skateboard is rolling at a velocity of 3.0 m/s with a momentum of 6.0 kg m/s. What is its mass? Figure 14. Two identical cars of different velocities 3. A pitcher throws a baseball with a mass of 0.5 kg and a momentum of 10 kg m/s. What is its velocity? On what two factors does momentum depend on? It depends on mass and velocity. Operationally, momentum is defined as the product of mass and the velocity of an object. In equation, What causes changes in momentum? p = mv Changes in momentum happen every time. A fast-moving car when suddenly stopped might have where p = is the momentum damaging effects not only to the vehicle itself but also to the person riding it. Various devices have m = is the mass been installed in vehicles in order to ensure the safety of the passengers. The use of seatbelts is v = is the velocity even prescribed by law in order to lessen injuries from car crashes. Inflatable airbags are also Moving objects have velocities which can be measured directly or indirectly. For stationary objects installed in most cars aimed to increase the time of impact between the driver or passenger and the where the velocity is zero, the momentum is also zero. crashing vehicle in the event of an accident. Can you think of some other safety devices installed on vehicles? Let us practice computing for momentum.
Exercises:
Given the following data, solve for momentum using the formula p = mv.
Object Mass (Kg) Velocity (m/s) Momentum (Kg-m/s) Figure15. Seatbelts and airbags Bird 0.03 18 Basketball player 100 5 Bullet 0.004 600 Baseball 0.14 30 Frog 0.6 12
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