Unit 4 LS4 Collisions

Elastic Collision

• collision where BOTH kinetic energy and momentum are conserved (NOT lost)

• collision where BOTH kinetic energy and momentum are lost to some degree

• collision where momentum is lost but kinetic energy is NOT.

• collision where kinetic energy is lost/transformed but momentum is conserved

Inelastic Collision

• collision where BOTH kinetic energy and momentum are conserved (NOT lost)

• collision where BOTH kinetic energy and momentum are lost to some degree

• collision where momentum is lost but kinetic energy is NOT.

• collision where kinetic energy is lost/transformed but momentum is conserved

Velocity

• the speed at which an object is moving

• the speed AND direction an object is moving

• the motion of an object

• the distance an object is from another object

Momentum

• the force of an object that is the product of its mass and the force of gravity

• a mass in motion that is the product of the mass and the velocity

• the acceleration of an object due to gravity

• the force of an object that is accelerating

Kinetic Energy

Potential Energy