Elastic and inelastic collisions are described. Students learn to state the law of conservation of momentum and define a closed, isolated system.

we differentiate between elastic and inelastic collisions. The conservation of momentum and the conservation of energy are explored as we do examples involving these two types of collisions.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. When two objects collide the total momentum before the collision is equal to the total momentum after the collision ...

the momentum after the collision is zero. In physics, this type of event is termed an explosion. Watch this video for a practical demonstration of conservation of momentum in explosions.