Unit 8 Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• define linear momentum;
• explain how momentum and force are related;
• use Newton's Second Law of Motion in terms of momentum;
• describe the relationship between impulse and momentum;
• define elastic, inelastic, and totally inelastic collisions;
• use conservation of momentum to solve linear collision problems;
• use conservation of momentum to solve situations involving rotation; and
• give several everyday examples of conservation of angular momentum.