RUE LE DODGE

1. In a head-on crash, you are thrown    a. forward     b. backward

2. When you are hit from the rear, you are thrown    a. forward    b. backward

3. You are thrown forward when your car    a. stops    b. starts

4. You are thrown backward when your car    a. stops    b. starts

5. You feel the biggest jolt when you hit another car

a. head on    b. in the back    c. on the side

6. Bumpers make the crashing cars    a. bounce apart    b. stick together

Use MASS and DECELERATE in two sentences about the BUMPER CARS.

Each drawing below represents an overhead view of two bumper cars just before they collide. The circle in the middle of each drawing represents the location of the rider. The arrows indicate the direction each car is moving.

Directions: Draw your own arrow within each circle showing the direction the rider is thrown by the collision.

For each kind of collision, use the concept of MOMENTUM to explain the direction of your arrows showing how passengers are thrown by the collision.

Uploaded March 2000