APPhysics1LearningGuide
Unit6:LinearMomentum
EssentialQuestions:
Whyareseatbeltsandairbags
crucialforautomobiles?
Howwouldanastronautmaneuverin
spaceifthetetherbroke?
Whataffectdoesmasshaveona
resultofcollision?
Wheredoestheenergygoina
collision?
Doactionmoviesaccuratelyportray
thelawsofphysics?
KeyVocabulary:
LinearMomentum,P
LawofConservationofMomentum
Impulse,J
PerfectlyElasticCollisions
InelasticCollisions
PerfectlyInelasticCollisions
CenterofGravity
CenterofMass
TranslationalMotion
Newton’s2ndLawandP
LearningTargets:
AP.PHYS.11.6.1 Define linear momentum & write the mathematical formula for linear momentum from memory AP.PHYS.11.6.2 Distinguish between the unit of force and momentum AP.PHYS.11.6.3 AP.PHYS.11.6.4 Define impulse and write the equation that connects impulse and momentum AP.PHYS.11.6.5 State the law of conservation of momentum and write, in vector form, the law for a system involving two or more point masses AP.PHYS.11.6.6 Distinguish between a perfectly elastic collision and a completely inelastic collision AP.PHYS.11.6.7 Apply the laws of conservation of momentum and energy to problems involving collisions between two point masses AP.PHYS.11.6.8 Define the center of mass and center of gravity and distinguish between them Newton’s 2nd Law and the P …