Momentum

Momentum

Momentum measures the amount of motion an object has and how difficult it is to stop that motion. It depends on two factors: the object's mass and velocity. Momentum is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and direction. In everyday life, momentum explains why heavier or fas...

Imagine you’re at a skate park. You push off and start rolling down the ramp, picking up speed. But have you ever wondered how the faster you go, the harder it gets to stop?

That’s because of momentum, a property that makes it difficult to stop a moving object. The more massive an object is or the more velocity it has, the more momentum it...