Collisions
About the Lecture
The lecture Collisions by Jared Rovny, PhD is from the course Momentum.
Included Quiz Questions
Which of the following statements about collisions is correct?
- Total momentum is always conserved, and the kinetic energy of the colliding objects is sometimes conserved
- Total momentum is always conserved, and the kinetic energy of the colliding objects is always conserved
- Total momentum is sometimes conserved, and the kinetic energy of the colliding objects is sometimes conserved
- Total momentum is sometimes conserved, and the kinetic energy of the colliding objects is always conserved
- Total momentum is not conserved, and total kinetic energy of the colliding objects is not conserved
Which of the following statements is true about a completely inelastic collision?
- The colliding objects deform and stick together to form a single object, total momentum is conserved but total kinetic energy is not conserved
- The colliding objects bounce perfectly off of each other, total momentum and total kinetic energy are conserved
- The colliding objects completely stick together, total kinetic energy is conserved, total momentum is not conserved
- The colliding objects bounce perfectly off of each other, total momentum is conserved but total kinetic energy is not conserved
- The colliding objects stick together to form a single final object, total momentum and total kinetic energy are conserved
Which of the following statements is true about a perfectly elastic collision?
- Total kinetic energy is conserved, no energy is lost to heat, and total momentum is conserved
- Total potential energy is conserved, some energy is lost to heat, and total momentum is conserved
- Total kinetic energy is conserved, some energy is lost to heat, and total momentum is conserved
- Total kinetic energy is conserved, no energy is lost to heat, and total momentum is not conserved
- Total kinetic energy is not conserved, some energy is lost to heat, and total momentum is conserved
Author of lecture Collisions
Jared Rovny, PhD
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