PHYS211 University of Illinois Conservation of Linear Momentum Lab Questions Print!out!this!sheet!and!answer!the!questions!or!answer!them!on!a!separate!sheet.!!
Bring!your!answers!to!class.!!The!answers!will!be!graded!0/0.5/1!as!usual.!!For!this!
experiment!we!will!only!be!doing!the!perfectly!inelastic!collision!and!the!perfectly!
elastic!collision.! Physics’211’Lab:’Conservation’of’Linear’Momentum’Pre9Lab’Questions!
Print!out!this!sheet!and!answer!the!questions!or!answer!them!on!a!separate!sheet.!!
Bring!your!answers!to!class.!!The!answers!will!be!graded!0/0.5/1!as!usual.!!For!this!
experiment!we!will!only!be!doing!the!perfectly!inelastic!collision!and!the!perfectly!
elastic!collision.!!
!
1. Do!we!expect!the!momentum!to!be!conserved!for!the!inelastic!collision,!the!
elastic!collision!or!both?!!
!
!
!
!
!
2. Do!we!expect!kinetic!energy!to!be!conserved!for!the!inelastic!collision,!the!
elastic!collision!or!both?!!!
!
!
!
!
!
3. Explain!what!you!will!measure!in!this!lab,!and!how!the!measurements!will!
test!momentum!conservation.!
!
!
!
!
!
4. If!the!air!track!were!not!level,!would!you!expect!the!momentum!to!be!
conserved!for!a!collision?!!Why!or!why!not?!
!
!
!
!
!
Purchase answer to see full
attachment