Conservation of Momentum

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Conservation of Momentum: Overview

This topic helps us understand the conservation of momentum. We will also learn about the total momentum of an isolated system of interacting particles in this topic.

Important Questions on Conservation of Momentum

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A boy of mass 50 kg jumps out of a rowing boat of 300 kg on to the bank with a horizontal velocity of 3 m s-1. With what velocity does the boat begin to move backwards?

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A bullet of mass 10 g travelling at 200 m s-1strikes and remains embedded in a 2 kg freely suspended wooden block. What is the velocity acquired by the block?

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A gun of mass M kg fires a shell of mass 1.5 kg with a velocity of 150 m s-1 and recoils with a velocity of 1.5 m s-1. Calculate the mass of the gun.

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A gun of mass 1000 kg fires a shell of mass 2 kg with a velocity of 200 m/s. Calculate the velocity of recoil of the gun.

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Sum of moments of components of a system remains _____.

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State the law of conservation of momentum.

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A girl of mass 40 kg jumps with a horizontal velocity of 5 m s-1 onto a stationary cart with frictionless wheels. The mass of the cart is 3 kg. What is her velocity as the cart starts moving?

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A revolver of mass 500 g fires a bullet of mass 10 g with a speed of 100 m s-1. Find the momentum of bullet, initial momentum of bullet and revolver and the recoil velocity of revolver.

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What does law of conservation of momentum state?

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A body of mass 50 kg has a momentum of 250 kgms-1, its velocity is _____ms-1.

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A toy car of mass 250 g is moving with a velocity of 5 ms-1, its momentum is _____ kgms-1.

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What is the momentum of an object of mass m, moving with a velocity v?

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Rocket works on the principle of conservation of

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A goalkeeper in the game of football pulls his hands backward after holding the ball shot at the goal. This enables the goalkeeper to

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The momentum of an object is given by the formula : momentum=mass×x. Here x is _____.

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A metal ball rebounds better than rubber ball. True or false?

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A force can do no work on a body, yet the body can move under accelerated motion. True or false?

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One of the sources of renewable energy is _____. 

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The source of geothermal energy is _____ .

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A nonrenewable energy is _____.