BRAINCAKEElastic and Inelastic Collisions
There are two types of collisions: perfectly elastic and inelastic.
In a totally elastic collisions momentum, total energy and kinetic energy is conserved.
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Key terms in this lesson
- energy
- The capacity of a system to do work.
- kinetic energy
- The energy an object possesses due to its motion.
- linear momentum
- The product of an object's mass and its velocity.
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