What is momentum?

"Never confuse motion with action."- Benjamin Franklin

Remember that work is with the force upon a object including the distance it travels? Well, momentum is similar in a way by having a object in motion but the difference is what they ask for in the equation.

Momentum is the quantity of motion the object has or known as a "mass in motion". If the object is on the move, it has momentum. Think of anything in the world today from a bowling ball being thrown across the alley for a game or two to a fan on your bedroom ceiling going on.

Everything that moves have momentum!

Momentum consists the mass of the object that's moving and the velocity its traveling unlike work that involves a force and displacement.

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http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/momentum/u4l1a.cfm