Is it related to impetus?
2006-11-19 04:44:32 · 5 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Would a large mass moving at a microvelocity have a large momentum?
2006-11-19 05:02:21 · update #1
Imagine someone hit you with a ball. How much would it hurt? Depends doesn't it. If they threw a nerf ball at you really fast you would hardly feel it. If they threw a baseball at you at a much slower speed the impact would be much greater. The nerf ball has less mass than the baseball but was thrown at a greater velocity. Velocity is speed in a particular direction. How much you feel it in this case is due to the ball's momentum. Since momentum depends on both the mass and velocity of a moving object we express momentum in the following formula: Momentum equals mass times velocity or mom = m x v. Impetus is a less specific word. It is defined as the quality described by the mass of an object and its motion. Impetus is less specific (less to the point, vague) than momentum because it depends upon motion rather than velocity.
2006-11-19 05:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by JimWV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impetus is the force producing a movement. Momentum is the product of mass and velocity. When one body in motion strikes another body, the total original momentum will equal the total resulting momentum. Picture a pool table. The cue stick striking the cue ball is the impetus. When the cue ball strikes another ball, if it strikes head on, dead center, the second ball continues in the same direction at the same speed as the cue ball, and the cue ball stops. If it strikes the second ball at an angle, then both balls will continue at differing angles from the original direction, both slower than the original motion of the cue ball.
2006-11-19 04:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Erwin B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A measure of the motion of a body equal to the product of its mass and velocity. Also called linear momentum
2006-11-19 04:47:00 · answer #3 · answered by 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
momentum is the measure of ability of a body to transfer its state of motion to another body at rest or in motion greater the velocity and mass of the body greater is its momentum and hense greater is its ability to transfer it state of motion
2006-11-19 04:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
capacity for progressive development: the power to increase or develop at an ever-growing pace
The project was in danger of losing momentum.
2006-11-19 04:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by robinlawson59 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋