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Worksheet No.

1
(Activity)
Name/Group: ____________________________________ Date: _________________
_______________________________________________Score: _________________
“INVESTIGATING MOMENTUM”
Direction: Do this activity in a group.
Materials Needed:
Board or plank (at least 50 cm long)
Books
Block of wood
Masking tape
Protractor Ruler/meterstick
toy cars/trucks, one at least twice as heavy as the other
Procedure:
1. Place several books on top of a table and position the plane board at an angle of about 30°
from the horizontal.
2. Using masking tape and marker, label distances of every 10 cm starting from the lower
portion of the inclined plane up to the other edge of the inclined plane.
3. Place the block of wood about 10 cm from the foot of the inclined plane. Label this as the
block’s initial position.
4. Position the small toy car at the 20-cm mark and record the time it takes for the toy car to
move down the inclined plane and hit the block of wood.

5. Measure how far the block moved. Record this as the stopping
distance.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 while varying only the initial position /
distance for 40 cm, and 60 cm.
7. Do steps 4 to 6, this time using the bigger toy vehicle. Record your data in the table.

Initial Stopping Distance Stopping Distance


Distance (cm) of small toy (cm) of big toy car
car
(cm)
10
20
30
Q1. How will you compare their stopping distances?

Q2. Did the two toy vehicles immediately stop as they hit the block of wood? Describe the
stopping distances of the two toy cars.

Q3. Which has a greater stopping distance, the small toy car or the big toy truck? How do the
stopping distances of each one change according to the point of release?

Q4. If momentum is a measure of how difficult it is to stop a moving object, which of the two
vehicles had a greater momentum?
Worksheet No. 2
(Assessment)
Name: _________________________________________ Date: ______________
Name of Teacher: _______________________________ Score: ______________

Direction: Use your knowledge about solving equations to work out the following problems.
1. If the truck has a mass of 2,000 kilograms, what is its momentum? (v = 35 m/s). Express your
answer in kg·m/sec.

2. If the car has a mass of 1,000 kilograms, what is its momentum? (v = 35 m/s)

3. An 8-kilogram bowling ball is rolling in a straight line toward you. If its momentum is 16
kg·m/sec, how fast is it traveling?

4. A beach ball is rolling in a straight line toward you at a speed of 0.5 m/sec. Its momentum is
0.25 kg·m/sec. What is the mass of the beach ball?

5. A 4,000-kilogram truck travels in a straight line at 10.0 m/sec. What is its momentum?

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