MOMENTUM CAN MOST EASILY BE DEFINED AS THE ENERGY IT TAKES TO STOP AN OBJECT IN MOTION. THIS RELATES TO HOW MUCH INERTIA IN THE SENSE THAT INERTIA SOLELY DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MASS AN OBJECT HAS. WHEN AN OBJECT HAS MORE MASS IT HAS MORE INERTIA, THUS THERE IS A HIGHER MOMENTUM.
reLATION TO SKATEBOARDING
MOMENTUM CAN BE RELATED TO SKATEBOARDING IN A RATHER UNPLEASANT WAY......STOP ROCKS!!!! IN SKATEBOARDING, WHEN YOU HIT A SMALL ROCK WITH YOUR WHEEL, YOU USUALLY FLY FORWARDS AND GET HURT. THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH FORWARD MOMENTUM PRIOR TO HITTING THE ROCK, THAT THE ROCK TOTALLY STOPS THE MOTION OF YOUR SKATEBOARD SENDING YOU FLYING FORWARD WITH ALL YOUR INERTIA
QUESTION #1 IF A SKATEBOARDER WITH A MASS OF 10 KILOGRAMS IS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 5 MPS, HOW MUCH MOMENTUM DO THEY HAVE?
ANSWER: 50 KG/MPS
WHICH SKATER HAS A LARGER MOMENTUM THE 150KG SKATER OR THE 300KG SKATER
300KG SKATER
ANSWER: 50 KG/MPS
WHICH SKATER HAS A LARGER MOMENTUM THE 150KG SKATER OR THE 300KG SKATER
300KG SKATER