Momentum Safety

Cards (4)

  • Many different ways that impact force is reduced
    Examples can be:
    -Vehicles
    -Playgrounds
    -Bicycle Helmets
    -Gymnasium Crashmats
  • How is impact force reduced in Vehicles?
    -Many different features to absorb impact energy
    -The main ways are:
    Seatbelts - Seatbelt blocks potential of passengers being flung out of car due to impact
    Airbags - Seatbelt thrusts you forward and would slam you into dashboard if you didn't have an airbag to cushion the impact
    Crumple Zones - The front area in front of the driver (Where the engine is ext.) is an area at which the impact is absorbed at. It is meant to act as a area that can "crumple" and absorb impact force
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