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The City School: University Road Campus Physics Worksheet, Topic: Momentm

The document is a physics worksheet containing 3 problems about momentum. [1] The first problem involves calculating the momentum, impulse, and deceleration in a car crash test. [2] The second problem calculates the change in momentum, impulse, and average force when a hammer hits a nail. [3] The third problem uses conservation of momentum to calculate the speed after a toy train collides with a stationary truck.

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The City School: University Road Campus Physics Worksheet, Topic: Momentm

The document is a physics worksheet containing 3 problems about momentum. [1] The first problem involves calculating the momentum, impulse, and deceleration in a car crash test. [2] The second problem calculates the change in momentum, impulse, and average force when a hammer hits a nail. [3] The third problem uses conservation of momentum to calculate the speed after a toy train collides with a stationary truck.

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The City School

University Road Campus


Physics Worksheet, Topic: Momentm
Name: ______________________ Class: 9 O’level Sec: ______ Date: ______________

1 Fig. shows a dummy of mass 70 kg used in a crash test to investigate the safety of a new car.
The car approaches a solid barrier at 20 m/s.
It crashes into the barrier and stops suddenly.
(i) Calculate the momentum of the dummy
immediately before the crash.

momentum = .......................................................................[2]

(ii) Determine the impulse that must be applied to the dummy to bring it to rest.

impulse =........................................................................[1]
(iii) In the crash test, the passenger compartment comes to rest in 0.20 s.
Calculate the deceleration of the passenger compartment.

deceleration = ....................................................................... [2]


(iv) The seat belt and air bag bring the dummy to rest so that it does not hit the windscreen. The
dummy has an average deceleration of 80 m / s2. Calculate the average resultant force applied to
the dummy, of mass 70 kg.

force = …………………………………….. [2]


(v) The deceleration of the dummy is less than the deceleration of the passenger compartment.
Explain why this is of benefit for the safety of a passenger.

...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... [2]

2 Fig. 2.1 shows a hammer being used to drive a nail into a piece of wood.

hammer head

nail

wood

The mass of the hammer head is 0.15 kg. The speed of the hammer head when it hits the nail is 8.0 m / s.
The time for which the hammer head is in contact with the nail is 0.0015 s.

The hammer head stops after hitting the nail.

(a) Calculate the change in momentum of the hammer head.

change in momentum = .............................................................[2]


(b) State the impulse given to the nail.

impulse =..............................................................[1]
(c) Calculate the average force between the hammer and the nail.

average force = ..............................................................[2]

3 The engine of an unpowered toy train is rolling at a constant speed on a level track, as shown in Fig.
3.1. The engine collides with a stationary toy truck, and joins with it.
moving engine
stationary truck

track

Fig. 3.1

Before the collision, the toy engine is travelling at 0.32 m / s. The mass of the engine is 0.50 kg.

(a) Calculate the momentum of the toy engine before the collision.

momentum = _________________________[2]

(b) The mass of the truck is 0.30 kg.


Using the principle of conservation of momentum, calculate the speed of the joined engine and
truck immediately after the collision.

speed = _____________________________ [3]

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