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    The document is a physics lab assignment on momentum and collisions. It includes definitions of momentum, elastic collisions which conserve total momentum, and inelastic collisions where total momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not. The student is asked to simulate example collisions and calculate momentum and velocities before and after collisions. They are also asked questions to analyze properties of elastic and inelastic collisions, such as how object velocities change depending on mass and direction of motion.

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    The key takeaways are that momentum is conserved in collisions and can be used to analyze the velocities of objects before and after collisions. Elastic collisions maintain the total kinetic energy and momentum while inelastic collisions do not.

    An elastic collision is one where the objects rebound while maintaining the same total kinetic energy and momentum.

    In an elastic collision between objects of the same mass, their velocities after collision will be the same as before but in the opposite directions.

    Physics G Name: Sam Anderson

    Unit 6 – Momentum
    Internet Lab – Momentum and Collisions Date: 11/26/19 Period: B1

    Website: http://phet.colorado.edu/
    Play with the Sims  Physics Motion  Collision Lab

    Introduction:
    When objects move, they have momentum. Momentum, p, is the
    product of an object’s mass (kg) and its velocity (m/s). The unit for
    momentum, p, is kg·m/s. During a collision objects transfer
    momentum to each other, resulting in different motions than before
    the collision. In this activity you will study the motion colliding objects.

    momentum = m × v

    ELASTIC Collisions

    m1v1before + m2 v 2before = m1v1after + m2 v 2after

    1. What defines a collision as being elastic?

    A collision where the objects rebound maintaining the same speed.

    2. Simulate the four elastic collisions below. Complete the table using math formulas and the
    simulation.

    BEFORE COLLISION AFTER COLLISION


    ptotal
    # m1 m2 v1 v2 v1 v2
    1 2.0 kg 2.0 kg 1.5 m/s -1.5m/s 0 kg·m/s -1.5m/s 1.5m/s

    2 2.5 kg 5.0 kg 2.0m/s -1.0 m/s 0 kg·m/s -2m/s 1m/s

    3 3.0 kg 6.0 kg 2.0 m/s 0.0 m/s 12.0 kg·m/s -0.67 1.33

    4 6.0 kg 2.0 2.0 m/s -1.0 m/s 8.0 kg·m/s 0.00 8.00

    3. Two objects with the same mass move toward each other with the same speed and experience an
    elastic collision. Compare the final velocities of each object to their initial velocities.

    The final velocities and the initial velocities will be same because it is an elastic collision. The only thing
    that changes is the directions of the two objects. (problem 1)

    4. A less-massive moving object has an elastic collision with a more-massive object that is not
    moving. Compare the initial velocity (speed and direction) of the less-massive object to its final
    velocity.
    I set the smaller object to have a speed of 1.0 m/s and it’s going into the positive direction. The momentum is
    .50. After the collision, the ball is moving half it’s velocity in the negative direction with a momentum of -0.25
    So it’s velocity changes by half.
    INELASTIC Collisions

    m1v1before + m2v 2before = m1 + m2  vafter

    5. What defines a collision as being inelastic?


    A collision that the objects’ speed changes after the collision.

    6. Simulate the four inelastic collisions below. Complete the table using math formulas and the simulation.

    BEFORE COLLISION AFTER COLLISION


    ptotal
    # m1 m2 v1 v2 v1 and v2
    1 2.0 kg 2.0 kg 1.5 m/s 0 3.00 kg·m/s V1 0.0 m/s

    V2 1.50 m/s

    2 3.0 kg 6.0 kg 1.5 m/s -0.75 m/s 0 kg·m/s Both are 0.0 m/s

    3 1.5 kg 5.0 kg 2.0 m/s 0.2 m/s 4.0 kg·m/s V1 -0.77 m/s

    V2 1.03 m/s

    4 10.0 kg 10.0 kg 2.0 m/s -1.0 m/s 10.0 kg·m/s V1 -1.00 m/s

    V2 2.00 m/s

    7. Two objects moving toward each other with different momentums experience an inelastic collision.
    In which direction will both objects travel after the collision?

    After they move into each other, they will move away from each other.

    8. A less-massive object is moving in the same direction as a more-massive object, but with a higher
    speed. They experience an inelastic collision. Describe the speed of the more-massive object after
    the collision.

    The speed on the more massive object will increase after the collision.

    9. Objects 1 has half the mass of object 2 and the objects move toward each other and experience an
    inelastic collision. If both objects do not move after the collision compare the velocity of both objects
    before the collision.
    The velocity after the collision of object 1 is about 1/6 of the combined velocity. Object 2 takes the majority
    of the velocity.

    10. Show mathematically the total momentum before the collision in trial #1 is conserved after the collision.

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