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 Outcome

• The student should be able to compute before- and after-collision momentum values for a system of objects and determine if momentum is conserved.

 

Launch Mission MC7

 

Getting Help

If you are not familiar with this topic, then you should first learn about the topic using our written Tutorial or our Video Tutorial:
 

The Physics Classroom, Momentum and Its Conservation Unit, Lesson 2, Part b

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?

 

Video Tutorials:

Collision Analysis and Problem-Solving

 

 

Question-Specific Help

Each Question Group has its own Help page with information specific to the question. You can access the Help page from within the mission by tapping on the Help Me! icon (textbook). For your convenience, links to those pages are provided below: