1.

Which of the following correctly describes the quantities of momentum, impulse, and kinetic
energy respectively?
A) vector,scalar,vector
B) *vector,vector,scalar
C) scalar,vector,vector
D) vector,scalar,scalar

2. A stationary object explodes into 2 fragments. A 4.0 kg fragment moves westwards at 3.0 m/s.
What are the speed and kinetic energy, respectively, of the remaining 2.0 kg fragment?
A) 4.2 m/s, 18 J
B) 4.2 m/s, 36 J
C) 6.0 m/s, 18 J
D) *6.0 m/s, 36 J

3. A 1000 kg vehicle traveling westward at 15 m/s is subjected to a 1.0 x 104 Ns impulse

northward. What is the magnitude of the final momentum of the vehicle?
A) 5.0 x 103 kgm/s
B) 1.5 x 104 kgm/s
C) *1.8 x 104 kgm/s
D) 2.5 x 104 kgm/s

4. A 1.50 x 103 kg car traveling east at 11.0 m/s collides with a wall and rebounds traveling at 1.3
m/s west after the collision. If the collision lasts for 1.7 s, what force does the wall apply to the
car during the collision?
A) 8.6 x 103 N
B) *1.1 x 104 N
C) 1.5 x 104 N
D) 1.8 x 104 N

5. A 1500 kg car traveling at 25 m/s collides with a 2500 kg van stopped at a traffic light. As a
result of the collision, the two vehicles become entangled. With what initial speed will the
entangled mass move off, and is the collision elastic or inelastic?
A) 9.4 m/s, elastic
B) *9.4 m/s, inelastic
C) 15 m/s, elastic
D) 15 m/s, inelastic

6. A 0.50-kg ball traveling at 6.0 m/s collides head on with a 1.00-kg ball at rest. The 0.50-kg ball
moves away travelling opposite to its original direction at 2.0 m/s after the collision. Find the
velocity of the 1.00-kg ball after the collision
A) 2.0 m/s
B) *4.0 m/s
C) 6.0 m/s
D) 8.0 m/s

7. A bomb originally moving east explodes into two parts. Mass 1 is 4.0 kg and mass 2 is 3.0 kg.
 The initial speed of the system if mass 1 was traveling 5.0 m/s [W] after the collision and mass
2 was travelling 12 m/s [E] is ____ m/s ?

*2.3

8. An inelastic collision conserves

A) kinetic energy but not momentum
B) *momentum but not kinetic energy
C) neither momentum nor kinetic energy
D) both momentum and kinetic energy

9. A 1000 kg red car traveling North at 10 m/s hits a 2000 kg blue car traveling east at 20 m/s. The
cars become entangled. The combined wreckage moves off initially with a speed of ___ m/s

*14
10. In a game of pool the white cue ball hits the number 5 ball and stops, while the #5 ball
moves away with the same velocity as the cue ball had originally. In this collision
A) *momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
B) momentum is conserved, kinetic energy is not
C) momentum and kinetic energy are not conserved
D) kinetic energy is conserved, momentum is not

11. A 115 g arrow traveling east at 20 m/s imbeds itself in a 57 g tennis ball moving north at
42 m/s. The direction of the ball arrow combination after impact is
A) *46 degrees N of E
B) 46 degrees E of N
C) 25 degrees E of N
D) 25 degrees N of E

12. 2 identical metal pucks of 0.200 kg mass each are made to collide on a frictionless
surface. Before the collision puck 1 was traveling 6.00 m/s east and puck 2 was stationary. If
after the collision puck 1 was moving 36.0 degrees N of E, and puck 2 was moving 54.0 degrees
S of E, find the momentum of puck 2 (after the collision)
A) 1.33 kg m/s
B) 0.970 kg m/s
C) *0.705 kg m/s
D) 0.570 kg m/s

13. A stationary bomb exploded in a street in the centre of London. The three pieces of
debris from the bomb, each of approximately the same mass, flew off horizontally in different
directions. Analysis revealed that one piece moved east at 20.0 m/s, and a second piece moved
at 30.0 m/s 45 degrees south of east. The third piece was difficult to locate. Where should
investigators look for the third piece?
A) 27 degrees W of N
B) *27 degrees N of W
C) 22.5 degrees S of W
D) 22.5 degrees N of E

14. A 0.50-kg ball traveling at 6.0 m/s east collides head-on with a 1.00-kg ball moving in
the opposite direction at a velocity of 12.0 m/s west. The 0.50-kg ball moves away at 14 m/s
west after the collision. Find the velocity of the second ball.
A) 6.0 m/s east
B) 8.0 m/s east
C) 4.0 m/s west
D) *2.0 m/s west