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What is momentum?
All moving objects have momentum. This is a measure of
how difficult it is to stop a moving object.

If these two cars have the


same mass but one is
quicker than the other, which
has the most momentum?
The faster car.

If both cars travel at the same velocity, but one is full with
luggage and the other is empty, which will have the most
momentum? The heavier car.

The bigger an object is and the faster it moves, the more


momentum it will have and the more difficult it will be to stop.

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How is momentum calculated?
The momentum of an object can be calculated using this
equation:

momentum = mass x velocity

 Mass is measured in kilograms (kg).

 Velocity is measured in metres per second (m/s).

 Momentum is measured in kilogram metres per


second (kg m/s).

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Scalar or vector?
Velocity is a vector quantity – this means it has a magnitude
(size) and direction.

Scalar quantities, such as speed, only have a magnitude.

As velocity is needed to calculate momentum, momentum


must also be a vector quantity and it therefore has a direction.

If two objects of the same mass are moving in opposite


directions but at the same speed (i.e. their velocities are
different), the momentum of each object will be of the
same magnitude but a different direction.

A ‘+’ and a ‘-’ are often used to indicate the direction of


momentum of moving objects.

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Momentum calculations

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What is conservation of momentum?
If two objects collide or interact, the
forces acting on each one will be the
same size but in opposite directions.
The same is true for the change in
momentum of each object.

This means that the momentum


lost by one of the objects will
be gained by the other object.
Therefore, whenever two
objects collide or interact,
momentum is conserved.

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Using conservation of momentum

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Investigating momentum

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