Terms & Definitions - Module 6
Match the following definitions (or descriptions) to the terms listed below them.
  1. Force acting on an object multiplied by the time duration of its acting on the object.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

  2. Mass multiplied by velocity.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

  3. Impulse equals change in momentum of the object.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

  4. Two objects collide without permanent deformation or heat generation.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

  5. Two objects collide with permanent deformation and/or heat generation.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

  6. Total momentum before a collision equals total momentum after the collision.
    1. Momentum
    2. Impulse
    3. Relationship of impulse and momentum
    4. Conservation of momentum
    5. Elastic collision
    6. Inelastic collision

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