Final 1
Final 1
Directions: Use your knowledge about solving equations to work out the following problems.
Show your solution with units.
1. Calculate the momentum of a 0.145 kg baseball being thrown at a speed of 40.0 m/s.
2. If a 6.0 kg bowling ball is rolled with a velocity of 3.5 m/s, what is the momentum of
the ball?
3. Which has more momentum, a 3.0 kg mass moving at 9.0 m/s or a 5.0 kg mass moving at 5.0
m/s?
4. A bicycle has a momentum of 25.00 kg·m/s and a velocity of 2.5 m/s. What is the
bicycle’s mass?
5. What is the velocity of a 0.5 kg ball that has a momentum of 3.00 kg·m/s?
6. An 8000.0 kg truck starts off from rest and reaches a velocity of 18.0 m/s in 6.00
seconds. What is the truck’s acceleration and how much momentum does it have after it has
reached this final velocity?
7. Little Tammy lines up to tackle Jackson to (unsuccessfully) prove the law of
conservation of momentum. Tammy’s mass is 34.0 kg and Jackson’s is 54.0 kg. Jackson is
running at a velocity of 3.0 m/s. What must Tammy’s minimum velocity be in order to stop
Jackson’s forward momentum?
8. In a collision, a 25.0 kg mass moving at 3.0 m/s transfers all of its momenta to a 5.0
kg mass. What is the velocity of the 5.0 kg mass after the collision?
9. What is the momentum of a 35.0 kg cannonball fired from a cannon with a velocity of
500.0 m/s?
10. Your brother’s mass is 55.0 kg, and he has a 2.0 kg skateboard. What is the combined
momentum of your brother and his skateboard if they are going 8.50 m/s?
Name: _________________________________________ Score: _____________
I. Multiple Choices
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer and write this on your answer sheet.
1) The linear momentum of an object can be calculated by multiplying the mass of the
object by its______.
a. acceleration c. time
b. impulse d. velocity
3) Which has more momentum, a large truck moving at 30 miles per hour or a small truck
moving at 30 miles per hour?
a. The large truck c. Both have the same momentum
b. The small truck d. None of the above
4) Compared to a sports car moving at 30 miles per hour, the same sports car moving at 60
miles per hour has
a. the same momentum
b. twice as much as the momentum
c. three times as much as the momentum
d. four times as much as the momentum
7) Which has more momentum, a large truck moving at 30 km/h or a small truck moving at 30
km/h?
a. large truck
b. small truck
c. Neither of the two
d. Both have the same momentum.
8) Skelly the skater traveling at high speed needs a certain amount of force to stop him.
More stopping force will be needed if he has
a. more mass. c. less stopping distances.
b. more momentum. d. all of these.
9) A ping-pong ball launcher is fired. Compared to the impulse on the ball, the amount of
impulse on the launcher is
a. larger c. the same
b. smaller d. none of the above
10) The cannon ball launched from a cannon with a long barrel will be faster because
the cannon ball receives a greater
a. force c. both of these
b. impulse d. neither of these
2. A 30 kg girl and a 25 kg boy face each other on friction-free roller skates. The
girl pushes the boy, who moves away at a speed of 1.0 m/s. What is the girl’s speed?