Collisions and explosions
What Collisions and explosions means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Interactions to which the principle that total momentum before an event equals total momentum after it applies.
The principle explains recoil, explosions and collisions, using equal and opposite momentum changes.
Topics that use Collisions and explosions
- Conservation of momentum (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Closed system
- Closed systems
- Conservation of momentum
- Momentum as a vector
- Vectors and direction
- Modelling motion
- Recoil and explosions
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