Compare designs that reduce the force in a collision
Grade 11 Science Worksheet
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
A 2 kg toy cart at 3 m/s must be stopped with an average force of no more than 15 N. How long must the stop last, Ari?
A 4 kg toy cart at 2 m/s must be stopped with an average force of no more than 10 N. How long must the stop last, Bo?
A 0.5 kg toy cart at 6 m/s must be stopped with an average force of no more than 5 N. How long must the stop last, Esme?
In the bar chart, how do the two stops' changes in momentum compare, Jun?
- The soft stop's is bigger
- The hard stop's change is bigger
- Neither changes momentum
- They are the same, 6 kg·m/s
In the bar chart, what are the average forces for the hard and soft stops, Kira?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Hard 0.3 N, soft 1.5 N
- Hard 120 N, soft 24 N
- Both 6 N
- Hard 24 N, soft 120 N
In the bar chart, how many times smaller is the soft stop's force, Luz?
Use the picture in question 4.
- The same
- 5 times bigger
- 5 times smaller
- 0.2 times smaller
Using the bumper table, with force under 50 N and added mass at most 100 g, why isn't D chosen, Milo?
- It adds 150 g, over the limit
- Its force is too high
- It stops the cart too slowly to count
- It bounces the cart back
Using the bumper table, a classmate picks C because it is lightest. Why does C fail, Noah?
Use the picture in question 7.
- It is the right pick, being lightest
- It is too heavy
- Its 300 N force breaks the force limit
- It bounces the cart back
Using the bumper table, a classmate picks D because its force is lowest. What should Pia point out?
Use the picture in question 7.
- D bounces the cart back
- D's force is too high
- D wins on force, so pick it
- D breaks the 100 g mass limit
A very thin, soft foam bumper squashes completely flat in a test. What problem does that cause, Zee?
- The cart bounces back faster
- The force drops to zero
- Nothing; flat foam works well
- The cart stops suddenly at the end, with a big force
