Momentum Quiz

What is momentum?

• It is a measure a measure of how difficult it is to stop a moving object.

• It is the change in mass and velocity.

• It tells the movement of an object.

• It is the acceleration and velocity of an object.

What is the formula for calculating momentum?

• F = mv

• v = F/m

• p = mv

• I = F∆t

What are the factors affecting momentum?

• force and mass

• mass and impulse

• mass and velocity

• acceleration and velocity

  A bus and a car are travelling along EDSA having the same velocity. Which of the two vehicles would have a greater momentum?

• the bus

•   the car

•   both have the same momentum

• cannot be easily determined

Which of the two cars has larger momentum?

• blue car

• yellow car

A 25-kg girl is riding a 5-kg with a velocity of 5 m/s the East. What is the total momentum of a girl and a bike together?

• 100 kg•m/s

• 125 kg•m/s

•    150 kg•m/s

• 200 kg•m/s

A skateboard is rolling at a velocity of 3.0 m/s with a momentum of 6.0 kg-m/s. What is its mass?

• 2 kg

• 18 kg

• 0.5 kg

• 9 kg

A pitcher throws a baseball with a mass of 0.5 kg and a momentum of 10 kg-m/s. What is its velocity?

• 20 m/s

• 5 m/s

• 10.5 m/s

• 0.05 m/s

Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other, moves down a hill at the same time. The heavier car would have a _______ momentum.

• greater

• lesser

• constant

• same

A moving car has momentum. If it moves twice as fast, its momentum would be ________ as much.

• greater

• twice

• lesser

• cannot be determined