Thanks for all the excellent replies; at my early level it's much clearer for me to treat the two as the separate entities that they are, more precisely that momentum is reserved for exactly what's written in the simple formula (mass and velocity), and energy as a way of describing something...
Thanks for the replies all!
Sophie, I'm not an admirer of BS terms either ;) But I figured such a loose connotation would inspire the debate that would lead to some kind of answer!
Momentum as a "useful currency" is the best starting point I could come up with in my mind, and using it is not...
Beginner and first time poster here so be gentle!
First off, I understand the main difference is that one is an energy and one is a vector, but can somebody explain the following -
A car of mass 1000 kg is traveling at 30 m/s.
KE = 450 kJ
Momentum = 30,000 kg m/s
The driver brakes the...