Tuesday, May 1, 2012

May 1 more momentum

When a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is not moving fast.  How can it have enough momentum to knock down a wall? 

34 comments:

Sarah M said...

It can have enough momentum to knock down the wall if the ball has enough mass.

Lauryn F said...

by how fast it is going.

Aleha C (: said...

by how fast its going and how it hits the wall.

jarred s said...

because of the size and mass of the wrecking ball

Gail(: said...

The mass of the wrecking ball.

Sammy P said...

Momentum and Mass of the wrecking ball knocks down the houses!!!

Maddie and Sophia!(: said...

The mass of the ball.

Nathan said...

The mass

Oja, Noah said...

The mass and momentum of the wrecking ball.

Dominique F. said...

The mass of the ball!

Christopher N. said...

When a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is not moving fast. How can it have enough momentum to knock down a wall?
P=mxv

Sarah(: said...

It can because of the mass

Nate B. said...

Mass and momentum

kaylee m. :) said...

the mass of the ball.

Jasmine Mason said...

Because it has so much mass

Brian B. said...

It has enough momentum because of its mass and it has enough velocity!

Rhiannon J :) said...

The ball has a lot of mass.

Nicole C. said...

When a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is not moving fast. How can it have enough momentum to knock down the wall?

The mass and the velocity of the wrecking ball. P=M*V

caelin w said...

because its big and made of really hard metal

Jewel (: said...

The mass of the wrecking ball.

alex pinkham said...

The wrecking ball has more mass than the house :)

maddi h said...

the mass.

Camille D :) said...

because of the mass.

Anonymous said...

The ball has more mass and it causes the house knock down.(:
Hannah(:

Tyla Greenlaw said...

The ball has more mass so it would DESTROY THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lacey A said...

When it goes back and swings,it has enough momentum to knock the house down.

Aaron R said...

the ball has more mass so the wall will fall down

Ian C. said...

Because it has so much mass, it has more momentum.

mattc said...

the ball is a lot heavier that the wall and it has a lot more mass so the wall will fall.

Lucas T said...

It has too much mass for the the building to hold so it tears down a wall

Liz Napolitano❤ said...

When a wrecking ball hits a wall, it is not moving fast. How can it have enough momentum to knock down a wall? The Answer is: The mass of the ball!!

Liz Napolitano

emile w said...

it has more mass

Archer t said...

brcause it is very heavy

Grace B said...

It knocks it down because it has a lot of mass and is heavy.