25 past paper questions on momentum and impulse from Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and other papers, 2021–2026. Read what each one asks, then open it with its memo.
10 questions on momentum and impulse. Each opens in the question browser with its memo.
A 1600 kg car travelling at 80 km·h⁻¹ collides with a stationary bakkie and they stick together moving at 6 m·s⁻¹. Calculate the bakkie's mass, the car's momentum change, and explain conservation of linear momentum.
Two trolleys (1.5 kg and 2 kg) held at rest with a compressed spring between them on a frictionless track are released. The spring launches them in opposite directions. Calculate their velocities and momentum changes.
Two trolleys (3.2 kg and 2.6 kg) held at rest with a compressed spring between them are released. Trolley A moves left at 0.4 m·s⁻¹. Calculate trolley B's velocity and the time for spring extension.
Trolley A (7.2 kg) moving at 0.4 m·s⁻¹ collides with stationary trolley B (5.3 kg) and they lock together. Calculate their final velocity, the collision force, and state conservation of momentum.
Car B (1100 kg, 19 m·s⁻¹) hits stationary car A (900 kg) from behind. Car A moves at 10 m·s⁻¹ after impact. Find car B's velocity, explain crumple zones, and determine if the collision is elastic.
A 6 g bullet at 200 m·s⁻¹ embeds itself in a stationary 194 g wooden block. Calculate the system's velocity after impact and its deceleration on a rough surface.
Ball X (10 kg, 2 m·s⁻¹) collides elastically with ball Y (2 kg, unknown velocity). After collision X is at rest and Y has 36 J kinetic energy. Find Y's initial velocity and collision force.
A 70 kg gymnast lands with foot at 8 m·s⁻¹ and slides to a stop in 0.6 seconds. Calculate momentum change, net force from the floor, and how reducing landing time affects force magnitude.
Ball A and ball B move toward each other. Ball B has mass 0.3 kg and speed 15 m·s⁻¹. Given A's momentum change of 2.4 kg·m·s⁻¹, find A's initial direction and B's final velocity.
Trolley A (1.5 kg) at rest is hit by trolley B (2 kg) at velocity v. They stick together and travel 0.8 m in 2 s. Find v before collision, determine collision type, and analyse force changes.
15 exam pages where momentum and impulse appears alongside other topics — multiple-choice pages, and pages where one question ends and the next begins. Listed in full so nothing is hidden.
Multiple-choice page covering momentum vectors and time-momentum graphs for a moving car, and kinetic and potential energy of a falling stone.
Multiple-choice questions on kinetic energy changes when a ball collides with a wall and rebounds, and work done by forces on an object on a rough incline.
Multiple-choice page covering gravitational acceleration on different planets, momentum change during ball-wall collisions, and forces acting on a ball during vertical projection.
Multiple-choice questions on momentum conservation for two blocks launched by a compressed spring and gravitational force between spheres of different masses.
Multiple-choice questions on rate of change of momentum and its relation to force, momentum of falling objects, and forces in Newton's third law interactions.
Multiple-choice page covering mass as resistance to motion, gravitational acceleration on different planets, and distinguishing between elastic and inelastic collisions.
Multiple-choice questions on friction properties, forces and acceleration at the highest point of vertical motion, and rate of change of momentum.
Multiple-choice page covering momentum and rebound velocity of a ball striking a wall, and organic chemistry topics including homologous series and functional isomers.
Multiple-choice page covering net forces in projectile motion, conservation laws in inelastic collisions, work-energy relationships, Doppler effect, and electrostatic forces.
Multiple-choice questions on determining net force magnitude from momentum-time graphs and total mechanical energy during elastic collisions with the ground.
Multiple-choice page covering velocity-time and position-time graphs for projectile motion with elastic bouncing, and inelastic collision between metal objects moving toward each other.
Multiple-choice questions on conservation of momentum for spring-launched trolleys on frictionless surfaces and work and power output of a motor lifting a load.
Multiple-choice page covering identifying the highest point of projectile motion using velocity-time graphs and conservation laws during inelastic collisions between objects.
Multiple-choice questions on momentum conservation when a person jumps from a skateboard, total mechanical energy of falling objects, and wavelength changes in the Doppler effect.
Multiple-choice page covering the work-energy theorem and forces on objects sliding down inclines, and power and efficiency of a motor pulling a crate up a slope.
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