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Which has more momentum a train at rest or a bullet fired from a gun?
A bullet fired from a gun
A bullet is fired from a gun. The speed of the bullet will be about the same as the speed of the recoiling gun if the mass of the bullet equals the mass of the gun?
The mass of a bullet is nowhere near the mass of a gun. A bullet weighs at most a few hundred grains. Most guns weigh at least a couple of pounds, some weigh several pounds (talking about handguns and rifles).
A 5 g bullet is fired from a 5000g gun If the bullet leaves the gun going 800MS with what speed does the gun recoil?
Speed of recoil of the gun = change in momentum/mass of the bullet = 5 x 10-3 x 800/5 msec-1 = 0.8 msec-1
How did Rutherford explain his observation?
he described it as being as tho firing a bullet of a gun forward only for it to turn around and head back the other way
Does horizontal speed affect gravity?
No. That's why a bullet shot horizontally from a gun and a bullet dropped from the muzzle of the gun at the same time both hit the ground at the same time.
Why the gun leans backward when the bullet fire from the gun?
It's the recoil from the force of the bullet being fired. The gun powder pushes the bullet forward and also equally pushes the gun back into your hand.
What is the term recoil o f the gun?
Bullet forward, gun back - as in when the gun is fired, the bullet goes forward, and the explosion pushes (recoil) the gun backwards.
Can a rubber bullet be traced back to the gun?
yes
What is an example of an action reaction forces?
The recoil of a bullet being fired from a gun is a good example, the action force is the gun pushing the bullet away from the gun and the reaction force is the bullet pushing back against the gun (recoil).
How can you trace a criminal by a bullet?
When a bullet is fired from a rifled firearm, the rifling leaves marks on the bullet. Those marks are unique to that gun, and no other gun makes exactly the same marks. If a bullet (or fired cartridge casing) is recovered from a crime scene, and we suspect that YOUR gun was used to commit this crime, then a sample bullet is fired from your gun, and compared to the crime scene bullet. A comparison microscope is used to compare the bullets, or marks made on the fired cartridge case by the extractor and firing pin.
Why does a gun not recoil just as fast as the speed of the bullet?
because the recoil is when the bullet forces the gun back and so the bullet creates the recoil and so it can't make it go just as fast
What does cocking a gun means?
cocking a gun is when you pull the slide of a gun back and forwards once to get a bullet into the chamber to fire
Why do you get thrown back by a gun?
The action is the bullet being pushed out of the barrel. The equal and opposite reaction is the gun being pushed back.
Can you trace a shell casing back to the gun?
Sometimes yes, but not always.
Can you shot a bullet with no gun?
Yes, a bullet can be shot with no gun. A bullet does not need a lot of speed to kill someone. Say someone threw a bullet to the ground, it might bounce back up and hit you, thus causing you to die or be injured
Is it possible to design a recoilless gun?
No. By Newton's third law of motion, any time you apply a force to an object, the object pushes back with the exact same amount of force. If you fire a bullet, then the bullet will push back on the gun.
When a gun is firedwhy it recoils?
Newton's Law- for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the bullet is pushed forward out of the barrel, then the gun is pushed back by an equal amount. That is recoil, or "kick". The amount is based on the weight and speed of the bullet, and the weight of the gun. All things being equal, a light bullet kicks less than a heavy bullet, and a heavy gun kicks less than a lighweight gun.
