Section 7.

Momentum

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Momentum

Stopping a moving object,

we consider its speed only?

speed and
mass

Go to

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Momentum

• object travelling at higher speed

→ more difficult to stop
• when two objects travelling at same speed
→ larger mass
→ more difficult to stop
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Momentum

A new physical quantity, momentum:

p = mv
• Unit: kg m s−1 (or N s)
• A vector quantity, direction same as v
v
m

p
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Momentum

Momentum of trolley A Momentum of trolley B

= mAvA = mBvB
=2× 3 = 2 × (−4)
= 6 kg m s−1 (to the right) = −8 kg m s−1 (to the left)

Thinking 1
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Class Practice 1:
A jet plane of mass 50 000 kg travels at a velocity of 250 m s−1
towards east. N
Ans
wer
(a) When the jet plane is moving at the velocity of 250 m s−1,
250 m s−1 (due east)
Velocity = ____________________________
Momentum = m × v
50 000 × 250
= ____________________________
1.25 × 107 kg m s−1 (due east)
= ____________________________

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Class Practice 1 (Cont):

(b) When the jet plane rests on an airport, Ans

0 m s −1
Velocity = ____________________________ wer
0 kg m s −1
Momentum = ____________________________

v=0

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Quiz

1. If a fat boy and a thin boy collide

with each other, who will suffer a
greater force during the collision?
C. The forces acting on them are Ans
equal in magnitude. wer
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Quiz (Cont)

2. In the collision of the two boys, what

factors will not affect the magnitude
of the forces acting on them?
Ans
D. None of the above wer
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Quiz (Cont)

3. If there is no external force acting on the boys, what

will be the change in the total kinetic energy (KE)
of the boys before and after the collision?
A. The KE is not conserved. Ans
werReturn to

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Thinking 1:

Throw a ball vertically upwards. Describe the

changes in direction and magnitude of the
momentum of the ball before it reaches the
starting point. Ans
wer
During the upward flight, the momentum
of the ball decreases in the upward
direction. During the downward flight, its
momentum increases in the downward Return to

direction. Text
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