Kinetic Energy

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Kinetic Energy: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kinetic Energy etc.

Important Questions on Kinetic Energy

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A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of 45°  with the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be,

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A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of   45°  to the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be –

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When mass and speed are doubled the K.E. increases

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The K.E. acquired by a mass m in travelling a certain distance d, starting from rest, under the action of a constant force is directly proportional to:

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Kinetic energy of a body can be increased more by _____.

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A shell explodes in mid-air. It's total:

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A car starts from rest and moves on a surface with uniform acceleration. Draw the graph of kinetic energy versus displacement. What information you can get from that graph?

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Is there any net work done by external forces on a car moving with a constant speed along a straight road?

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An air molecule of mass 5.0×10-26 kg and moving with a speed of 500 m s-1 has a kinetic energy of about e=1.6×10-19 C

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An object of 40 kg mass is moving with 5 ms velocity. Now force is applied on the object such that its velocity increases to 10 ms. Calculate the work done by the force in joules.

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If the linear momentum is increased by 50% then the kinetic energy will increase by

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Kinetic energy of a body increases times when its momentum is increased  'n' times.

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Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Kinetic energy of a system can be changed without changing its momentum
2) Kinetic energy of a system cannot be changed without changing its momentum
3) Momentum of a system cannot be changed without changing its kinetic energy
4) Body cannot have energy without having momentum

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A particle of mass m1 is moving with a velocity v1 and another particle of mass m2 is moving with a velocity v2. Both of them have the same momentum but their different kinetic energies are E1 and E2 respectively. If m1>m2 then

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If the momentum of a particle with fixed mass is doubled, its kinetic energy,

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The change of one form of energy to another form of energy is known as _____ of energy.

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The energy possessed by a body on account of its motion and position is called _____energy. 

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Sum of kinetic energy & potential energy of a body is called _____energy. 

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Unit of energy is _____.

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Formula for kinetic energy is _____.