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Natural Sciences · Intermediate
Momentum & Collisions
Why does a slow truck hit harder than a fast tennis ball? Learn about momentum and impulse, smash carts together in sticky and bouncy collisions, see why momentum is always conserved, track glancing collisions on a snooker table, and find the centre of mass that moves serenely through every explosion.
7 lessons~40 min0/7 complete
Start courseHelpful background: Forces & Newton’s Laws, and Energy
1
Momentum
Mass in motion, and the impulse that changes it.
2
Collisions
Sticky and bouncy.
3
Beyond Straight Lines
Glancing collisions and the centre of mass.