Chapter 7 Laws of motion and momentum Flashcards

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What is newtons first law?

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An object will remain at rest or continue moving with a constant velocity until acted on by an external force

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What is newtons third law?

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When two objects interact, they exert equal and opposite force on each other.

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What are the 4 fundamental forces?

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Gravitational, electromagnetic, strong and weak nuclear

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What is the equation for momentum?

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Momentum = mass x velocity

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What is the unit for momentum?

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kgms-1

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What is the principle of conservation of momentum?

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For a system of interacting objects, the total momentum in a specific direction remains constant, as long as no external forces act on the system.
The momentum before and after a collision is the same.

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Talk about the momentum of a gun and a bullet

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The bullet and the gun have the same momentum but the mass of the gun is much larger so the velocity is smaller.

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How is momentum calculated experimentally?

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Measure the mass of the object using a weighing scale
Then measure its velocity with either a light gate, motion sensor or stopwatch and known distance
Then multiply the two together

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What is a perfectly elastic collision?

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Kinetic energy is not transformed into other energies

It is a collision where momentum, energy and kinetic energy are conserved

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What is an inelastic collision?

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Kinetic energy is transformed into other energies in the collision
Momentum and total energy is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved

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What is newtons second law of motion?

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The net force acting on an object is directly proportional to the rate of change of momentum and is in the same direction
Force is proportional to the rate of change of momentum

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What is the equation that links force and momentum?

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Force = Change in momentum / Change in time

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In terms of momentum, how do airbags work?

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The force is reduced by increasing the time to change the momentum

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Why is momentum conserved in collisions?

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In a closed system the net forces on an object are zero.
Net forces are proportional to the rate of change of momentum so the change in momentum is zero.
So the momentum of objects must not change and momentum is always conserved

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What is impulse?

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The change in momentum of an object is the impulse. Force multiplied by time

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How is impulse defined in an equation?

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It is the force applied to an object multiplied by how long the force is applied

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What is the area of a force time graph equal to?

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The impulse

and is also always the momentum of the object

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How can momentums in different directions be added?

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Method a) They can be added using triganometry where the total momentum is equal to the momentum afterwards. Just draw a digram and join the momentums into a triangle
Method b) The momentums can be resolved into vertical and horizontal and then calculated. The momentums in x and y must be the same before and afterwards