Momentum

Momentum is the product of _________________ and velocity.

• weight

• mass

• diretion

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Because it is a measure of two quantities, momentum is a ____________________.

• scalar

• vector

• both vector and scalar

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Momentum is large when mass is large, when ___________ is large, or both are large.

• speed

• direction

• velocity

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If an eagle and a bumble bee are both traveling at 10 km/hr, which has the greater momentum?

• eagle

• bumble bee

• both

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Which has more momentum: a 5-kg fish swimming at 100 m/hr or a 25-kg fish at rest?

• 5-kg fish

• 25-kg fish

• both

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In a game of pool, when the cue ball breaks the rack, momentum is _____from the cue ball to the rack, which is why cue ball stops moving.

• shared

• stationary

• transferred

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Which has a greater momentum: a 2-ton roller coaster moving 50 km/hr or a 2.5 ton truck moving at 35 km/hr?

• truck

• roller coaster

• both

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Momentum can be shifted between two objects. True or False.

• True

• False

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What is the momentum of a 15-kg rock falling at 3 m/s?

• 5 kg m/s

• 18 kg m/s

• 45 kg m/s

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A bowling ball has 9 kg m/s of momentum when it is rolled 6 m/s. What is the mass of the bowling ball?

• 54kg

• 15kg

• 3kg

• 1.5kg

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