PPT Linear Momentum Test Bank

1) If F t = m ∆v, solve for ∆v/t. ∆v/t =

2) Which of the following has the most momentum?

a) a more massive thing moving slowly
b) a less massive thing moving slowly
c) a less massive thing moving fast
d) a more massive thing moving fast
e) a very massive thing not moving at all

3) What is the momentum of a 1,000 N person running at 5 m/s?

4) If a big truck is driving down the highway and runs into an insect, which of the
following is NOT true?
a) The truck slows down when it hits the insect.
b) They both accelerate at the same rate.
c) They both experience the same force.
d) They both experience the same change in momentum.
e) The insect has a greater change in velocity.

5) Two cars are driving down the street in opposite directions. Unfortunately, they run
straight into each other. What is the change in the total momentum of the two cars
from before they crash to after they crash? One car is 1,000 kg, and the other car is
1,500 kg. They are both going 10 m/s.
a) 0 kgm/s
b) 50 kgm/s
c) 250 kgm/s
d) 5,000 kgm/s
e) 25,000 kgm/s

6) Using the equation for impulse and momentum, explain why cars are padded on the
inside.

7) A 90 kg man is standing still on frictionless ice. His friend tosses him a 10 kg ball,
which has a horizontal velocity of 20 m/s. After catching the ball, what is the man's
velocity?
a) 0 m/s
b) 1.8 m/s
c) 2 m/s
d) 4.5 m/s
e) 20 m/s

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8) If    = /, solve for . =

a) (  )/ 
b) ( ) / 
c)  / (  )
d) 
e) (  ) / 

9) If ab = cd, solve for c/a.

a) b/d
b) bd
c) db
d) d/b
e) 1

10) How can you increase the linear momentum of something?

a) Increase its mass.
b) Increase its velocity.
c) Apply a net force to it.
d) a & b
e) a, b, & c

11) If a truck has a linear momentum of 10,000 kgm/s, and it is moving at 5 m/s, what is
its mass?
a) 2,000 kgm/s
b) 2,000 N
c) 20,000 N
d) 2,000 kg
e) 50,000 kg

12) If a big truck is driving down the highway and runs into an insect, which of these is
true?
a) The truck applies more force to the insect than the insect applies to the truck.
b) The insect's momentum changes more than the truck's.
c) The insect accelerates more than the truck.
d) The insect applies a greater impulse to the truck than the truck applies to the
insect.
e) All of the above.

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13) Two cars are driving down the street.

The one traveling straight west has a momentum of 10,000 kgm/s.
The one traveling straight east has a momentum of 20,000 kgm/s.
They crash (they always do in physics, you know).
What is the total momentum after the crash?
a) 0 kgm/s
b) 10,000 kgm/s straight east
c) 10,000 kgm/s straight west
d) 30,000 kgm/s straight east
e) 30,000 kgm/s straight west

14) When gymnasts vault over the horse and land, they land on a big pad. How does the
pad help them?
a) The pad reduces the amount of momentum they have when they land.
b) The pad reduces the change of momentum when they land.
c) The pad reduces the total impulse when they land.
d) The pad increases the time it takes to stop, so the force is less when they land.
e) The pad reduces their inertia when they land.

15) A 100 kg man is stuck, motionless, in the middle of a frictionless ice pond. Because
it's cold, he's wearing a coat. He wants to get off the pond. Since he has studied
physics and knows about conservation of momentum, he decides to throw his 2 kg
coat. If he throws the coat at 25 m/s, what will his speed be?
a) 0 m/s
b) 0.5 m/s
c) 2 m/s
d) 25.5 m/s
e) 50 m/s

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# Answer Concept
1 ∆v/t = F/m 3 variables
2 d linear momentum
3 500 kgm/s linear momentum
4 b conservation of momentum
5 a conservation of momentum
6 Ft = ∆mv Padding is safer because the time impulse & momentum
for your momentum to change to zero
increases, so the force decreases.
7 c conservation of momentum
8 c 4 variables
9 a 4 variables
10 d momentum, p = mv
11 d momentum definition, p = mv
12 c conservation of momentum
13 b conservation of momentum
14 d impulse and momentum
15 b Conservation of momentum

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