The chart shows masses and velocities of four objects.

When someone throws a ball, the action force is the person pushing on the ball. What is the reaction force?
Objects 1 and 2 collide and stick together. Which best describes the momentum of the resulting single object?
Denise is riding her bike and falls to the ground. During the collision, she hits both grass and cement.
The law of conservation of momentum states that, if left alone, what happens to the total momentum of two interacting objects that make up a system?
A bowling ball collides with a pin and pushes the pin toward the right. Which describes the reaction force?
The chart show the masses and velocities of two colliding objects that stick together after a collision.

A NASA explorer spacecraft with a mass of 1,000 kg takes off in a positive direction from a stationary asteroid.If the velocity of the spacecraft is 250 m/s and the asteroid is pushed back –25 m/s, what is the mass of the asteroid? Assume there is no net force on the system.
Momentum is a measure of the ________ of an object.Which term accurately completes the sentence?
The chart lists the masses of four balls that have the same momentum.

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