AP Physics C Assignment Sheet
Chp 9 (Momentum)
Date
Wed
Oct 28
Thurs
Oct 29
Fri
Oct 30
Mon
Nov 2
Tues
Nov 3
Topics
Intro to Momentum
Reading
Chp 9
Assignments
Chapter 9
Impulse, momentum topics
Chp 9
3 Web Assign Items
Chp. 9 #1 Due Fri 10/30
Chp. 9 #2 Due Mon 11/2
Chp. 9 #3 Due Thurs 11/5
Wed
Nov 4
Thurs
Nov 5
Lab on impulse and
momentum
Final momentum topics
Go over Chp 9 problems
Intro to Rotation (next big unit!)
Test on
Work/Energy/Momentum
Fri
Nov 6
Center of Mass topics
Inelastic and elastic collisions
2 dimensional momentum
Mechanical Universe video
Finish Lab Sheet as
directed
Review
To Be Determined (Chp 10)
AP Physics C objectives
Unit 5 - Impulse & Momentum
Text: Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, & Walker Chap 9
II. Impulse and Momentum:
Students should understand impulse and linear momentum so they can:
a. Relate mass, velocity, and linear momentum for a moving body, and calculate the total linear
momentum for a system of bodies.
b. Relate impulse to the change in linear momentum and the average force acting on a body.
c. State and apply the relations between linear momentum and center-of-mass motion for a system
of particles.
d. Define impulse, and prove and apply the relation between impulse and momentum.
III. Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions
a. Students should understand linear momentum conservation so they can:
(1) Explain how linear momentum conservation follows as a consequence of Newton’s Third Law
for an isolated system.
(2) Identify situations in which linear momentum, or a component of the linear momentum vector,
is conserved.
(3) Apply linear momentum conservation to determine the final velocity when two bodies that are
moving along the same line, or a right angles, collide and stick together, and calculate how
much kinetic energy is lost in such a situation.
(4) Analyze collisions of particles in one or two dimensions to determine unknown masses or
velocities, and calculate how much kinetic energy is lost in a collision.
(5) Analyze situations in which two bodies are pushed apart by a spring or other agency, and
calculate how much energy is released in such a process.
b. Students should understand frames of reference so they can:
(1) Analyze the uniform motion of a particle relative to a moving medium such as a flowing
stream.
(2) Transform the description of a collision or decay process to or from a frame of reference in
which the center of mass of the system is at rest.
(3) Analyze the motion of particles relative to a frame of reference that is accelerating horizontally
or vertically at a uniform rate.