Impulse and Momentum
Impulse and Momentum: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Change in Momentum, Momentum, SI Unit of Momentum, Principle of Conservation of Momentum, Collision & Impulse etc.
Important Questions on Impulse and Momentum
What happens to the velocity when two objects collide?

Explain how momentum gets conserved in the collision of two bodies?

How can we calculate the momentum of a body if its initial and final momentum are given? Justify.

We can calculate momentum if mass and velocity are known. Justify.

A boy of mass jumps out of a rowing boat of on to the bank with a horizontal velocity of . With what velocity does the boat begin to move backwards?

A bullet of mass travelling at strikes and remains embedded in a freely suspended wooden block. What is the velocity acquired by the block?

A gun of mass fires a shell of mass with a velocity of and recoils with a velocity of . Calculate the mass of the gun.

A gun of mass fires a shell of mass with a velocity of . Calculate the velocity of recoil of the gun.

A man throws a ball weighing vertically upwards with a speed of . What will be its initial momentum?

What is the momentum of a bowling ball in with a velocity of ?

Two balls and of masses and are in motion with velocities and respectively. Their momenta are in the ratio

If the mass of an object is , velocity is and acceleration is , then its momentum will be _____.

The momentum of an object depends upon

The unit of measuring the momentum of a moving body is

A body of mass is moving along the x-axis with a speed of . The magnitude of its momentum (according to significant figures) is recorded as -

A body of mass is moving along the x-axis with a speed of . The momentum of the body is?

