- Kinetic energy is the energy of movement.
- The kinetic energy of an object increases when its mass/speed increases.
- The kinetic energy of an object decreases when its mass/speed decreases.
- If an object hits another object and stops, the kinetic energy is transferred, but if the object does not quite stop, then only some of the energy is transferred.
- In an experiment using a car rolling down a ramp, the car would have potential energy at the top of the ramp which would then be transformed into kinetic energy as it started to move.
- The equation for calculation kinetic energy is:
kinetic energy = 1/2mv (mass, velocity)
- The equation for calculating potential energy is:
potential energy = mgh (mass, gravity, height)
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