Given the following data, solve for momentum using the formula p = mv.
Object Mass (kg) Velocity (m/s) Momentum (kg.m/s)
Bird 0.03 18
Basketball player 100 5
.004 600 .004 600
Baseball .14 30
Frog .9 12
From the concepts that you have learned, answer the checkup questions:
1. Which has more momentum, a huge truck that is not moving or a small toy car that is moving?
2. A moving car has momentum. If it moves twice as fast, its momentum would be _______ as much.
3. Two cars, one twice as heavy as the other, moves down a hill at the same time, heavier car would have a _______ momentum.