GOOD MORNING

GRADE 9
PRAYER
Investigating
Momentum
OBJECTIVES
• 1. Identify the factors that affect
momentum.
• 2. Relate the different factors
affecting momentum.
• 3. Develop logical thinking in
solving problems
MATERIALS
• Board or plank (at least 1.0 m long)
• Books
• Block of wood
• Masking tape
• Protractor Ruler / meter stick
• Toy cars/trucks, one at least twice as heavy
as the other
PROCEDURE
•1. Place several books on top
of a table and position the
plane board at an angle of
about 30 degree from the
horizontal.
•2. Using masking tape and
marker, label distances of every
10 cm starting from the lower
portion of the inclined plane up
to the other edge of the inclined
plane.
•3. Place the block of wood
about 10 cm from the foot
of the inclined plane.
Label this as the block’s
initial position.
•4. Measure how far
the block moved.
Record this as the
stopping distance
Initial Distance Stopping Stopping
(cm) Distance (cm) Distance (cm)
Light toy car Heavy toy car
10    
20    
30    
40    
•5. Repeat steps 3 and 4
while varying only the
initial position /distance
for 40 cm, 60 cm, and 80
cm.
•6. Do steps 3 to 5, this
time using the heavy
toy car. Record your
data in the table similar
to table 1.
Guide Questions:

•Q1. How will you

compare their
stopping distances?
• Q2. Did the two toy vehicles
immediately stop as they hit
the block of wood? Describe
the stopping distances of the
two toy cars.
• Q3. Which has a greater
stopping distance, the small toy
car or the big toy truck? How do
the stopping distances of each
one change according to the
point of release?
• Q4. If momentum is a
measure of how difficult it is
to stop a moving object,
which of the two cars had a
greater momentum for the
same point of release?
•Q5. How will it be possible
for the two bodies of
different masses to have
equal momentum?
Object Mass (kg) Velocity Momentum
(m/s) (kg-m/s)

Bird 0.03 18  
Basketball 100 5  
player
Bullet 0.004 600  
Baseball 0.14 30  
Frog 0.9 12  
• 1. Which has more momentum, a huge truck that
is not moving or a small toy cart that is moving?
• 2. A moving car has momentum. If it moves twice
as fast, its momentum would be ________ as much.
• 3. Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other,
moves down a hill at the same time. The heavier
car would have a momentum.
• 1. A bowling ball whose mass is 4.0 kg is rolling at a
rate of 2.5 m/s. What is the 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 pitcher throws a baseball with a mass of 0.5 kg
and momentum of 10 kg-m/s. What is its velocity?