Episode 5 — Mechanics - Momentum and Impulse

Momentum and Impulse

Learners will be able to:

• Describe the factors that affect an object's momentum. • Explain how the product of two vectors is called momentum and its relation to both direction and mass. • Identify the property of momentum in collisions where it seems to stay the same, regardless of what happens during the collision. • Apply the concept of conservation of momentum to explain why we only see one side of the moon. • Interpret the effect of a collision on the momentum of two objects involved.