Momentum and Circular Motion

 

 

Momentum Concepts

Newton's Cradle

 

Momentum Notes

Read and check your understanding with the questions

Conservation of Momentum
Collisions between rail trucks. You decide the mass and velocity

Types of Collisions
From S-Cool

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
An interactive applet that simulates collisions

Momentum Self Test
12 questions. Keep going till you get it all right

Circular Motion

A mass moving in a vertical circle
Shows how the tension changes during the motion: can you relate this to the centripetal force?

Photos of Circular Motion
Describe what is providing the centripetal force in each photo.

Verifying the Centripetal Force Equation
An applet of the class experiment

Circular Motion Video
With some nice demonstrations