Kinetic+Energy

= Kinetic Energy=

Any object that is moving has energy of motion-kinetic energy. A raindrop falling form the sky, or a car moving along a road has kinetic energy. Kinetic energy depends on the speed of the moving object. It also depends on the mass of the moving object. The formula for kinetic energy is given by the equation: Ek=1/2mv 2 where Ek is the kinetic energy of the object (in joules), m is the mass of the object (in kilograms) and v is the speed of the object (in metres per second).

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