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Momentum Conservation

Virginia SOL PHII.3

Investigate momentum conservation laws and their application to real-world systems.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Explain the relationship between impulse and momentum in real-world systems.
  • Develop and use models to predict pre-collision and post-collision scenarios of elastic and inelastic collisions.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim that linear and angular momentum can be used to analyze revolving objects, whereas angular momentum must be used to describe rotating objects.
  • Solve problems involving the angular momentum of rotating objects in real-world systems.
  • Plan and conduct an investigation related to conservation of angular momentum.