Unit 3 - Momentum
This is a stand alone unit with only one chapter which is Chapter 9.
AP Objectives
A.
Students should understand impulse and linear momentum, so they
can:
Objective 1. Relate mass, velocity, and linear momentum for a moving object, and calculate the total linear momentum of a system of
objects.
Objective 2. Relate impulse to the change in linear momentum and the average force acting on an object.
Objective 3. Calculate the area under a force versus time graph and relate it to the change in momentum of an object.
B. Students should understand linear momentum conservation, so they can:
Objective 1. Identify situations in which linear momentum, or a component of the linear momentum vector, is conserved.
Objective 2. Apply linear momentum conservation to one-dimensional elastic and inelastic collisions and two-dimensional completely
inelastic collisions.
Objective 3. Analyze situations in which two or more objects are pushed apart by a spring or other agency, and calculate how much
energy is released in such a process.
Objective 1. Relate mass, velocity, and linear momentum for a moving object, and calculate the total linear momentum of a system of
objects.
Objective 2. Relate impulse to the change in linear momentum and the average force acting on an object.
Objective 3. Calculate the area under a force versus time graph and relate it to the change in momentum of an object.
B. Students should understand linear momentum conservation, so they can:
Objective 1. Identify situations in which linear momentum, or a component of the linear momentum vector, is conserved.
Objective 2. Apply linear momentum conservation to one-dimensional elastic and inelastic collisions and two-dimensional completely
inelastic collisions.
Objective 3. Analyze situations in which two or more objects are pushed apart by a spring or other agency, and calculate how much
energy is released in such a process.