Unit 7: Impulse-Momentum

For the quiz you will need to know the following:

• What Impulse is and how to calculate it
• What Momentum is and how to calculate
• The relationship between Impulse and Momentum
• How Impulse is different from Work
• How momentum is different from kinetic energy
• How impulse can be determined from a graph or by using calculus
• How force can be determined by taking the derivative of momentum
• The reasoning which explains WHY momentum is conserved
• How to apply conservation of momentum in one or two dimensions
• The difference between elastic, inelastic, and completely inelastic collisions
• How to apply conservation of momentum for the above type of collisions

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