Chapter 6 Review Questions

The product of mass times velocity is most appropriately called

(a) impulse

(b) change in momentum

(c) momentum

(d) change in impulse

You jump off a table. When you land on the floor you bend your knees during the landing in order to

(a) make smaller the impulse applied to you by the floor

(b) make smaller the force applied to you by the floor

(c) both (a) and (b)

An egg dropped on carpet has a better chance of surviving than an egg dropped on concrete. The reason why is because on carpet the time of impact is longer than for concrete and thus the force applied to the egg will be smaller.

(a) True

(b) False

In which type of collision is energy conserved?

(a) elastic

(b) inelastic

(c) totally inelastic

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

A Mack truck and a Volkswagen have a head-on collision. Which driver experiences the greater force?

(a) Mack truck driver

(b) Volkswagen driver

(c) both experience the same force