Mission MC7 Momentum Conservation Analysis
Mission MC7 focuses on the analysis of numerical data to complete a before-after table for a collision, showing the amount of momentum possessed by individual objects and by the system. The mission consists of 28 questions organized into 7 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcome for this mission is ...
Learning Outcomes
- The student should be able to compute before- and after-collision momentum values for a system of objects and determine if momentum is conserved.
Getting Help
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The Physics Classroom, Momentum and Its Conservation Unit, Lesson 2, Part d
- How can the total momentum of a system of two objects be determined?
- Is the direction that an object is moving important to the determination of its momentum?
- How can one determine if momentum is conserved by a system of two objects if pre- and post-collision mass and speed (or velocity) information is known for both objects?