Why Is It So? — Season 1, Episode 5: Energy and Momentum
30 min • 3 seasons, 46 episodes
Episode synopsis
From the outset, Miller emphasizes the difference between energy and momentum, first with the toy cars and then with a steel ball running a track. Miller then introduces the various kinds of energy.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Idea of the Center of Gravity
- E2Newton's First Law of Motion-Inertia
- E33. Newton's Second Law of Motion – The Elevator Problem
- E4Newton's Third Law of Motion – Momentum
- E6Concerning Falling Bodies and Projectiles
- E7The Simple Pendulum and Other Oscillating Things
- E8Adventures with Bernoulli
- E9Soap Bubbles and Soap Films
- E10Atmospheric Pressure – The Properties of Gases
- E11Centrifugal Force and Other Strange Matters
- E12The Strange Behavior of Rolling Things
- E13Archimedes' Principle