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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Impulse And Momentum
 Science – Grade 9
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Quarter 4 – Module 3: Impulse and Momentum
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Science
Quarter 4 – Module 3:
Impulse And Momentum
Introductory Message

This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners can
continue your studies while at home. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and
discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.

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you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

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This will tell you if you need to proceed with completing this module or if you need
to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for a better understanding of the
lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check
your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that
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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the nature of Physics. The scope of this module permits it to be used in
many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. However, the order in which you read them can be changed
to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

This module is divided into two lessons namely:

 Lesson 1- Impulse and Momentum

 Lesson 2- Conservation of Momentum

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Relate impulse and momentum to the collision of objects (e.g., vehicular
collision) (S9FE- IVb-36)
2. Identify the factors that may affect the motion of objects.
3. Infer that the total momentum before and after the collision is equal.
(S9FE- IVb-36)

1
 What I Know

Directions: Read each statement carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write it in your notebook/on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Two identical cars are traveling along EDSA. Which of the two cars has a greater
momentum?
a. the slower car
b. the faster car
c. both have the same momentum
d. cannot be easily determined

2. A bus and a car are traveling along EDSA with the same velocity. Which of the
two vehicles has a greater momentum?
a. the bus
b. the car
c. both have the same momentum
d. cannot be easily determined

For questions 3 and 4, refer to the table below:

vehicle mass (kg) Velocity (m/s)
jeepney 2000 10
Motorcycle 300 20

3. Based on the given table above, what is the momentum of the jeepney?
a. 6,000 kg-m/s
b. 40,000 kg-m/s
c. 20,000 kg-m/s
d. 3,000 kg-m/s

4. Which has a greater momentum, the jeepney or the motorcycle?

a. jeepney
b. motorcycle
c. cannot be determined
d. both have the same momentum

5. A moderate force will break an egg. However, an egg dropped on the road
usually breaks, while the one dropped on the grass doesn’t. Why do you think
the egg dropped on the grass was not broken?
a. The change in momentum is less.
b. The change in momentum is greater.
c. The time interval for stopping is less.
d. The time interval for stopping is greater.

6. The impulse experienced by a body is equal to the change in its:

a. momentum
b. velocity
c. kinetic energy
d. potential energy
7. In certain martial arts, people practice breaking a piece of wood with the side of
their bare hands. Based on your understanding of impulse, explain how this can
be done without an injury on the hand.
a. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is smaller, the
impact force is bigger.
b. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is bigger, the
impact force is bigger.
c. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is smaller, the
impact force is smaller.
d. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is bigger, the
impact force is smaller.

8. Cars X, Y, and Z begin accelerating from rest at the same time. Car X is more
massive than car Y, while car Y is more massive than car Z. The net accelerating
force exerted on each car is identical. After 10 seconds, which car has the most
amount of momentum?
a. Car X
b. Car Y
c. Car Z
d. Cars X, Y, and Z

9. The momentum of any object is calculated by:

a. dividing mass by velocity
b. multiplying mass by velocity
c. dividing force by acceleration
d. multiplying mass by acceleration

10. An impulse is equivalent to:

a. change in mass of an object
b. the change in volume of an object
c. the original momentum of an object
d. a force applied to an object for a period of time
 Lesson

Impulse and Momentum

1
What makes things move? Why do some objects move continuously while
some moving objects stop suddenly? These might be some of the questions you had
in mind but were not really answered in last year’s science class.
In grade 8, you have learned that unbalanced forces caused stationary
objects to move. In fact, according to Newton’s Second Law of Motion, the greater
the force applied, the larger the acceleration of an object. It also stated that with the
same force, heavier objects have smaller acceleration, thus, Net force = mass x
acceleration or Fnet= ma. Now let’s have a deeper understanding of this topic.

What’s In

Activity 1
Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE and if otherwise, choose the words
that make it incorrect. Write your answers in your notebook/ on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. A force is a push or a pull upon an object resulting from the objects’ interaction
with another object.
2. Velocity is a scalar measurement of the rate and direction of motion.
3. The basic SI unit of mass is Joule.
4. Newton’s first law is sometimes referred to as the law of inertia.
5. A vector is a quantity that has both a magnitude and a direction.
 What’s New

Activity 2: What affects motion?

Directions: Study and analyze the pictures below. Answer the given questions
carefully and write them in your notebook/ on a separate sheet of paper.

Source: http://www.hk-phy.org/contextual/mechanics/mom/momen01_e.html

Figure 1. A truck and a car

Consider a cargo truck with a mass of 10,000 kilograms traveling at a velocity of 40

kilometers per hour and a small car with a mass of 2000 kilograms traveling at the
same velocity as shown in Figure 1.

If the two vehicles suddenly lose their breaks and crash against the brick wall,
a). which do you think would be more damaging?
b). on what factor would the impact of collision depend if their velocities are
the same?
 What is It

Momentum in a simple way is a quantity of motion. Here quantity is

measurable because if an object is moving and has mass, then it has momentum. If
an object does not move, then it has no momentum. However, in everyday life it has
importance but many people do not recognize it. Momentum is just about every
activity that involves motion. It is an essential concept in Physics. In sports,
momentum term is commonly observed. For example, when a baseball bat hits the
ball, the ball will be squished to certain degree. After few milliseconds, it rebounds
back and some momentum is lost, or transferred elsewhere.

The momentum of a body is defined as the product of its mass and velocity.
This we can better understand with the help of an example: A cricket ball is much
heavier than a tennis ball. Suppose we throw a cricket ball and a tennis ball, both
with the same speed or velocity. It will be found that more force is required to stop
the cricket ball which has more mass and less force is required to stop the tennis
ball which has less mass. Therefore, we can say that the force required to stop a
moving body is directly proportional to its mass.

When we throw two cricket balls of the same mass but with different speed or
velocities then it will be found that more force is required to stop that cricket ball
which is moving with higher speed or velocity than another with lower speed or
velocity. So, we can say that the force required to stop a moving body is also directly
proportional to its velocity. Thus, the quantity of motion in a body depends on the
mass and velocity of the body.

Momentum is a vector quantity and takes place in the direction of velocity. SI

unit of momentum is kilogram meters per second or kg. m/s.

Momentum = mass x velocity or p=mv

Where p= momentum
m = mass
v = velocity or speed

If a body is at rest, its velocity is zero and so its momentum will also be zero. This
simple relationship means that doubling either the mass or velocity of an object will
simply double the momentum.
Example:

If a 6.0 kg bowling ball is rolled with a velocity of 3.5 m/s, what is the
momentum of the ball?

Given: m= 6.0 kg
v= 3.5 m/s
Find: p= ?

Solution:
Formula for momentum is
p= mv
Then, substitute the given values to the equation
p= 6.0 kg (3.5 m/s )
p = 21 kg.m/s

Impulse

Impulse is a term that quantifies the overall effect of force acting over time. It
is conventionally given the symbol I, and expressed in Newton-seconds N.s).
For a constant force, I=F⋅Δt.

Do you still remember Newton’s Second Law of Motion? It states that the net
force is directly proportional to the mass of a body and its acceleration. In equation
form,

F = ma
Since 𝑎 = 𝑣𝑓−, then
F = m(vf– vi) / t .

Rearranging the equation will give you

Ft = mvf– mvi
Since p = mv, then
Ft = pf – pi
or
Ft = Δp
Let’s try this:

Tiger Woods hits a 0.02 kg golf ball, giving it a speed of 25 m/s. What impulse does
he impart to the ball?
Given: m = 0.02 kg
Δv = 25 m/s – 0 = 25 m/s
Find: I

Solution:
Since the golf ball is initially at rest, the initial velocity is equal to zero.
Thus,
I = Δp = mΔv
= (0.02 kg)(25 m/s)
= 0.50 kg-m/s or 0.50 Ns

One of the reasons why impulse is important and useful is that in the real world,
forces are often not constant. Forces due to things like people and engines tend to
build up from zero over time and may vary depending on many factors. Working out
the overall effect of all these forces directly would be quite difficult.

Lesson

2 Conservation of Momentum

Conservation of momentum states that for a collision between object 1 and

object 2 in an isolated system, the total momentum of the 2 objects before the
collision is equal to the momentum of the 2 objects after the collision. The momentum
lost by object 1 is equal to the momentum gained by object 2.

A useful analogy for understanding this concept involves a money

transaction between two people. Let’s say the 2 people were Anika and Paula. Suppose
that before the transaction, Anika and Paula have Php100 in their pocket, the total
amount of money of the 2 people is Php 200. During transaction, Paula pays Php 50
for a given item bought. There is 50 Php transfer from Paula’s pocket to Anika’s
pocket. Paula lost Php 50 and Anika gained Php 50. The money lost by Paula is
equal to the money gained by Anika. After transaction Paula has Php 50 left in her
pocket and Anika has Php 150 in her pocket and the total amount of money of the
two people after the transaction is Php 200. It could be said that the total money
before the transaction is equal to the total money of the two people after the
transaction.

Before Transaction After Transaction change

Anika Php 100 Php 50 Php -50
Pulen Php 100 Php 150 Php +50
Total Php 200 Php 200
 The table shows that the total money of the 2 people before the transaction is
equal to the total money after the transaction- it is conserved.

We can say that:

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟

𝜌𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝜌𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑚𝑣𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
0 = (𝑚𝑣)1 +
(𝑚𝑣)2

Exercises:
1. An 11kg stone moving at 33 m/s strikes a send stone at rest. After a collision, the
11 kg stone is moving with a velocity of 13 m/s and the second stone is moving
with a velocity of 8 m/s. What is the mass of the second stone?

Given:
Before Collision After Collision
Stone 1 Stone 2 Stone 1 Stone 2
mass 11 kg 𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2 11 kg 𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2
velocity 33 m/s 0 m/s 13 m/s 8 m/s

Solution:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝜌𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝜌𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑚𝑣𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑚𝑣1 + 𝑚𝑣2 = 𝑚𝑣1 + 𝑚𝑣2
𝑚 𝑚 𝑚 𝑚
(11 kg ∗ 33 ) + (𝑚𝑘𝑔∗𝑚
𝑐𝑎𝑟2 ∗ 0 ) = (11 kg 𝑘𝑔∗𝑚∗ 13 ) + (𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2 𝑚∗ 8 )
𝑠 (363 ) + 𝑠0 = (143 ) +𝑠(𝑚 𝑠
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝑚 𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟2 ∗ 8 )
𝑠 𝑠
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝑚
𝑚
(363 )(143
− ) = (𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2 ∗ 8 )
𝑠 𝑠 𝑠
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝑚 𝑚
(220 ) = (𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2 ∗ 8 )
𝑠 𝑠
220
𝑘𝑔∗𝑚
𝑠 = 𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2
𝑚
8 𝑠
27.5 kg= 𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟2

2. A 0.5kg ball strikes a second 1.5kg ball at rest. After a collision, the 0.5 kg ball is
moving with a velocity of 13 m/s and the second ball is moving with a velocity of
8 m/s. What is the initial velocity of the first ball?

Given:

Before Collision After Collision

ball 1 ball 2 ball 1 ball 2
mass 0.5 kg 1.5 kg 0.5 kg 1.5 kg
 velocity 𝑣𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙1 0 m/s 13 m/s 8 m/s
Solution:
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝜌𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝜌𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑚𝑣𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 𝑚𝑣𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑚𝑣1 + 𝑚𝑣2 =𝑚𝑚𝑣1 + 𝑚𝑣2
(𝑣0.5 kg ∗ ) + (1.5 kg 𝑚 𝑚
𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙1 *( 0 ) = (0.5 kg ∗ 13 ) + 1.5 kg * 8 )
𝑠 𝑠 𝑠
𝑘𝑔 ∗ 𝑚
(0.5 kg ∗ 𝑣𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙1) + 0 = 18.5
𝑠
𝑘𝑔∗𝑚
18.5 𝑠
𝑣𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙1 =
0.5 kg
𝑚
𝑣𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙1 = 37
𝑠
Collisions happen when two objects come in direct contact with each other.
Collisions are categorized according to whether the total kinetic energy of the system
changes. Kinetic energy may be lost during the collision when (1) it is converted to
heat or other forms of energy and (2) it is spent in producing deformation or damage
such as when the two collide. There are two types of collision: elastic collision and
inelastic collision.

1. Elastic collision- the total kinetic energy of the system does not
change and colliding objects bounce off after the collision. An
example is the balls in billiard games.
2. Inelastic collision- the total kinetic energy of the system changes or
converted into another form of energy. Objects that stick together
after the collision are said to be perfectly inelastic. An example is
the collision of two cars.

The collision time affects the amount of force that an object experiences during
a collision. The greater the time over with the collision occurs the smaller the force
acting upon the object. Thus to minimize the force experienced by an object during
a collision the collision time must decrease. Likewise, to minimize the fore the
collision time must be increased. The airbags in automobile increase the collapse
time and minimize the effect of fore on objects during a collision. Airbags accomplish
this by extending the time required to stop the momentum of the passenger and the
driver.
 What’s More

Activity 3: What affects momentum?

Directions: Fill in the missing words. Choose your answer on the given choices inside
the box to complete the text. Write your answers in your notebook/on a separate
sheet of paper.

velocity greater inertia car A different

same mass 1st Law heavier momentum

Source:https://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~jsb6/resources/energymomentumhandout.pdf
Figure 2. Two vehicles of different masses.

Which of the two toy vehicles would be more difficult to stop – the lighter one or
the heavier one? The (1) one is more difficult to stop. This is because
it possesses a greater (2) in motion which depends on an object’s (3)
and (4) . Do you still remember Newton’s (5) of
Motion? It is also known as the Law of Inertia. An object’s (6) is also
known as inertia in motion. For objects moving at the same velocity, a more
massive object has greater inertia in motion therefore a (7)
momentum. Momentum depends on two factors, mass and velocity.

Figure 3. Two identical cars of different velocities

Consider the two identical cars on the left. Car A is traveling at 80 km/h while
Car B is traveling at 30 km/h. Which of the two cars would be more difficult to
stop? Which of the two cars has more momentum? (8) , being faster,
is more difficult to stop. It has more momentum. Two cars of the (9)
mass but different velocities will also have (10) momenta.
Activity 4: Fill me
Directions: Analyze and solve the following problems. Given the following data on
the tables below, solve for the momentum using the formula: p=mv. Write your
answers in your notebook/on a separate sheet of paper.

Table 2.
Object Mass(kg) Velocity (m/s) Momentum
(kg.m/s)
Baseball 0.14 30 (1.)
Soccer player 100 5 (2.)
Bullet 0.004 600 (3.)
Frog 0.9 12 (4.)
Bird 0.03 18 (5.)

Remember this:
Equation to use if you are looking for… If you know…
𝑝 = 𝑚𝑣 momentum Mass and speed
𝑚 =𝑝 mass Momentum and velocity
v
𝑣 =𝑝 velocity Momentum and mass
m

1. A bowling ball which mass is 4.0 kg is rolling at a rate of 2.5 m/s. What is its
momentum?
2. A skateboard is rolling at a velocity of 3.0 m/s with a momentum of 6.0 kg-m/s.
What is its mass?
3. A baseball was thrown with a mass of 0.5 kg and a momentum of 10 kg-m/s.
What is its velocity?
Activity 5: Word Search
Directions: List down at least 10 words that you could find that are related to the
lesson. Write your answers in your notebook/on a separate sheet of paper.

P E R F E C T L Y E L A S T I C E H P I R E M R

E S C E S R S E I T E A E R M T I M U L U S O L

S M R E H P M I M E H S N R P U M A L A H T T I

B C O R E I R A L A C O R T A X S S M C Y T I V

B R S M T N G I S W E V R E C S E S U S T H O L

S S A I E R S L L U S E B L T R V W L L I M N R

M O M E N T U M O S Y N A P S E A E L L C L S E

E T S E N S T R C O N S E R V E D R E H O C W S

L I S L S E E U C R C N I U M R I H B S L S H L

C R P O S V W O S I N E L A S T I C E S E L E U

U D E S S E V A T E A T L E D I T S R E V D E P

N N E A C E P S V P O P C G V H E O E D R A P M

M E D A E D A E L I N E R T I A B E C D B E V I

L D A E S L U M D E S Y A S C E L L A B O D Y I

F O R C E H N R U M A A E W N N O I S I L L O C

Activity 6
Directions: Analyze the given situations below and draw an illustration based on it.
Then, answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in your notebook/on a
separate sheet of paper.

In this box draw an egg Draw an egg hitting a

hitting a brick wall and curtain/cloth and pushes
splattered in all directions. the cloth backwards.
Based on your illustration:

1. Which egg experienced the greater impulse, the egg that hits the wall or the egg
that hits the curtain?
2. Which egg experienced the lesser force of impact?
3. How was the impact force lessened by the use of the curtain?

What I Have Learned

 Momentum of a body is defined as the product of mass and velocity

 SI unit for momentum is kilogram meter per second or kg.m/s
 Impulse is a resultant force that causes acceleration and a change in the
velocity of the body for as long as it acts
 SI unit for impulse s newton-second or N.s
 Conservation of momentum states that to which the quantity called
momentum that characterizes motion never changes in an isolated collection
of objects; that is the total momentum of a system remains constant
 A collision is an encounter between two objects resulting in the exchange of
impulse and momentum
 The two general types of collisions in physics; elastic and inelastic. An inelastic
collision occurs when two objects collide and do not bounce away from each
other, while elastic collision is one in which the total kinetic energy of the
system does not change and colliding objects bounce off after collision

What I Can Do

Directions: Analyze and solve the problems given below. Write your solutions in your
notebook/ on a separate sheet of paper.

1. A 300 kg. car moving with a velocity of 10 m/s hits a 1000 kg parked car. The
impact causes the 1000 kg car to be set in motion at 15 m/s. Assuming that
momentum is conserved during the collision, determine the velocity of the car
immediately after the collision.

2. A 2000 kg truck traveling at 25 m/s rear ends another 200kg truck at rest.
The two bumpers lock and the truck moves forward together. What is their
final velocity?
 Assessment

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write it in your notebook/on a separate sheet of paper.
1. A lady tennis player hits an approaching ball with a force of 790 N. If she hits the
ball in 0.002 s, how much impulse is imparted to the tennis ball?
a. 0 Ns
b. 3.0 N/s
c. 6.0 N/s
d. 1.58 Ns

2. Which is a necessary condition for the total momentum of a system to be

conserved?
a. An object must be at rest.
b. No external force is present.
c. Kinetic energy must not change.
d. Only the force of gravity acts on the system.

3. Which of the following equations can be used to directly calculate an object’s

momentum?
a. p = mv
b. p= m/v
c. p = FΔt
d. Δp = FΔt

4. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is
correct?
a. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
b. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are
the same.
c. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are
the same.
d. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if
the masses are equal.

5. A roller coaster climbs up a hill at 4 m/s and then zips down the hill at 30 m/s.
The momentum of the roller coaster is:
a. zero throughout the ride.
b. the same throughout the ride
c. greater down the hill than up the hill
d. greater up the hill than down the hill
6. A rubber ball moving at a speed of 5 m/s hit a flat wall and returned to the
thrower at 5 m/s. The magnitude of the momentum of the rubber ball:
a. increased
b. decreased
c. remained the same
d. was not conserved

7. If a force is exerted on an object, which statement is true?

a. A large force always produces a large change in the object’s momentum.
b .A small force always produces a large change in the object’s momentum.
c. A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large
change in the object’s momentum.
d. A large force produces a large change in the object’s momentum only if
the force is applied over a very short time interval.

8. The change in an object’s momentum is equal to:

a. the net external force divided by the time interval.
b. the time interval divided by the net external force.
c. the product of the mass of the object and the time interval.
d. the product of the force applied to the object and the time interval.

9. Which of the following situations is an example of a significant change in

momentum?
a. A tennis ball is hit into a net.
b. A bicyclist rides over a leaf on the pavement.
c. A helium-filled balloon rises upward into the sky.
d. An airplane flies into some scattered white clouds.

10. Which object has a greater momentum?

a. an average mass person walking
b.a sports car driving on a highway
c. an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer at rest
d. a baseball thrown by a professional pitcher

11. Two billiard balls approach each other at an equal speed. If they collide in a
perfectly elastic collision, what would be their velocities after collision?
a. Zero
b. Same in magnitude and direction
c. Same in magnitude but opposite in direction
d. Different in magnitude and opposite in direction

12. A change in momentum may result from:

a. a force
b. an impulse
c. an acceleration
d. all of the above
13. A boxer quickly learns to move his head back when he sees he is going to
receive a jab to the head. What does this head motion accomplish?
a. It causes confusion on the opponent
b. It increases the momentum and decreases the force
c. It increases the contact time which decreases the force
d. It decreases the contact time which decreases the force

14. A 50-kg astronaut ejects 100g of gas from his propulsion pistol at a velocity of
50 m/s. What is its resulting velocity?
a. 0 m/s
b. -0.10 m/s
c. -0.50 m/s
d. -100 m/s

15. A heavy object and a light object have the same momentum. Which has the
greater speed?
a. light object
b. heavy object
c. both have the same speed
d. the heavy object has a zero speed while the light object has a nonzero
speed

Additional Activities

Directions: Read the situation and answer the question that follows and write your
answer in your notebook/on a separate sheet of paper.

Ever tried to stop a 35 g machine gun bullet fired towards you at a speed of
750 m/s? No, probably not. But you may have tried to brace yourself in a car
collision.

Guide Question:
How are the two situations similar?
References
Book

Alvarez, L., 2020. Science Learner’S Manual, First Edition 2014. Ground floor
Bonifacio bldg..Deped complex Meralco Avenue, Pasig City.

Gregorio Araneta Avenue corner Ma. Clara Street, Quezon City. “Deped Grade 9
Learner’s Module Science .” Tophybum. Blogspot.Com,2020

Electronic Sources

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/linear-momentum/momentum-
tutorial/a/what-are-momentum-and-impulse

https://quizlet.com/explore/momentum/

https://byjus.com/physics/derivation-of-law-of-conservation-ofmomentum/?f
bclid= IwAR2eAHE Js3TyUcCzZ683FJZWXp3ONo2Zig9Zid5CTXpBa7hs8kakS
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https://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~jsb6/resources/energymomentumhandout.pdf
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