Compare designs that reduce the force in a collision
Grade 11 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence
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A 0.5 kg toy cart at 8 m/s is stopped by a bumper in 0.05 s. What is the average force on it, Bo?
A 3 kg toy cart at 3 m/s is stopped by a bumper in 0.45 s. What is the average force on it, Esme?
In the bumper table, why is the wood bumper's force the biggest, Kira?
- It stops the cart fastest
- It stops the cart most slowly
- It adds the most mass
In the bumper table, which bumper bounces the cart back, Luz?
Use the picture in question 3.
- B, spring
- D, thick foam
- A, foam
Why does a soft bumper lower the force on a stopping cart, Milo?
- It removes the cart's momentum for free
- It makes the stop quicker
- It makes the stop take longer
Compared with stopping a cart, what does bouncing it back do to the change in momentum, Noah?
- Makes it smaller, so it is gentler
- Makes it bigger
- Leaves it the same
What does a bumper that squashes slowly do to the stopping time, Pia?
- Shortens it
- Makes it zero
- Lengthens it
A bumper may add at most 100 g to the cart. Is that a criterion or a constraint, Ren?
- A criterion
- A constraint
- Neither
'The lower the force, the better' describes a design goal. Is that a criterion or a constraint, Tala?
- A constraint
- A test result
- A criterion
Using the bumper table, which bumper keeps the force under 50 N and adds no more than 100 g, Zee?
- D, thick foam
- C, wood
- A, foam