PHYSICS Practice Tests: Ch 6 - Momentum
1) If there is no torque on an object, its angular momentum is _____________.
2) Angular momentum is the product of mass, velocity, and ____________.
3) A 4 kg gun fires a 0.002 kg bullet at 2000 m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the gun? _____
4) In a closed system, the total momentum before ___________ the total momentum after.
5) Two different size masses are moving at the same speed. Which has the larger momentum - the larger mass or the smaller mass?  _________________

6) How long does it take a net upward force of 187.5 N acting on a 50 kg rocket to 
 increase its speed from 25 m/sec to 75m/sec?          t = ____

7) A 120 kg person runs at 4 m/s and jumps on a 50 kg wagon that is sitting still. 
 How fast does the person/wagon go afterwards?           Vafter = ____

8) What is the momentum of a 140 kg person running at 4 m/sec?                P = ____

9) A 0.2 kg bullet has a momentum of 172 kg*m/sec.  How fast is it moving?      v = ____

10) A toy railroad engine [A] at rest (with a mass of 1 kg) is hit by another engine [B] (with a mass of 2 kg) moving at a speed of 3 m/sec.  On colliding the two engines lock and remain together.
      a) What is the momentum of each engine before the collision? 
        PAbefore = ____           PBbefore = ____
      b) What is the total momentum before the collision?                   PTotalbefore = ____
      c) What is momentum of both engines after the collision?                  PABafter = ____
      d) What is the velocity of the pair of engines after the collision?               VABafter = ____

11) What braking force is needed to bring a car having a mass of 8000 kg and 
 moving at 20 m/sec to a stop 10 sec. after the brake is applied?          F = ____
      
12) Two 2044 kg blocks, each at a speed of 8209.3302 m/s, collide into each other from opposite 
     directions.  What is the total momentum after?  Explain and justify your answer.
 


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