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Collision & Momentum Lab

Momentum never lies

Crash two carts elastically or perfectly inelastically and watch the momentum bars stay fixed while kinetic energy tells the truth.

Scored investigations

Playing with a simulation is not the same as earning a point. These take your own measurements from this lab into a real AP free response, graded against the rubric.

Separate momentum conservation from kinetic-energy conservation

Unit 4 · Momentum and impulse · Quantitative reasoning · 6 pts

Verify relative-velocity reversal and a fixed center of mass

Unit 4 · Linear Momentum · Model reasoning · 10 pts

Booting the lab…