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Dr Vince’s Physics Advanced level Test: Grade 9, Momentum (04_05)
Answer ALL Questions in 86 min. Pass ≥ 86 %, Distinction ≥ 95 %
Don’t copy others’ answer. Do study yourself if you need marks.

1. Fill in the blanks. [5 marks]


(i) Momentum is a _______ quantity.
(ii) The units of momentum in SI system is _____________
(iii) The total momentum of the __________ system remains constant.
(iv) If the total momentum of a system at 10 s is 100 kg m s -1, then the total momentum at 20 s is _____
(v) When a 4 kg gun fired a 2 g bullet, the total momentum of the system after fired is ________.
2. Are the following statements True (or) False? [5 marks]
(i) Law of conservation of momentum is a fundamental law.
(ii) Law of conservation of momentum does not hold true for elementary particles.
(iii) The rate of change of momentum is equal to the net force acting on the body.
(iv) The direction of momentum is the same as the direction of the velocity.
(v) The momentum of a body is directly proportional to the velocity of the body.
3. (i) Define momentum. Is it a basic quantity? Is it a scalar or a vector? Explain. [8 marks]
(ii) Find the momentum of a bullet of mass 50 g which leaves the muzzle with a velocity of
2 × 102 m s-1 northward. What is the recoiled momentum of the gun?
4. (i) State the law of conservation of momentum. Is it a fundamental law? Is it always true? [8 marks]
(ii) A bullet of mass 32 g is fired from a 4 kg gun with a velocity of 600 m s -1. Find the
recoil velocity of the gun.
5. (i) Show that the rate of change of momentum is equal to the net force acting on it. [8 marks]
(ii) A man dived horizontally with a velocity of 1.5 m s -1 from a 100 kg boat. If the recoil
velocity of the boat is 0.9 m s-1 what is the mass of the man?
6. A 30 g bullet moving at a constant velocity hits a stationary wooden block of mass 3 kg and [8 marks]
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continues to travel at the velocity of 2 m s together with the block eastwards. What is the
velocity of the bullet when it hits the block?
7. If the velocity of a car of 1200 kg mass increases from 60 m/s to 120 m/s in 10 s. (i) Find [8 marks]
the net force acting on the car. (ii) Find the initial momentum (p 0) of the car. (iii) Find the
final momentum (p) of the car. (iv) Find the rate of change of momentum of the car. (v) Is
the rate of change of momentum equal to the net force?

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