{"id":2340,"date":"2020-10-22T22:49:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2340"},"modified":"2021-08-28T03:31:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T03:31:33","slug":"kinetic-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/kinetic-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Kinetic Energy? How does weight and speed affect kinetic energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2340\" class=\"elementor elementor-2340\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9fd41c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9fd41c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-070756b\" data-id=\"070756b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-45100f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Kinds of energy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b3b159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"1b3b159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-kinds-of-energy-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2352 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is energy?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2351 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/kinetic-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Kinetic Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2350 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/mechanical-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Mechanical Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2424 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sound-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sound Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2423 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/thermal-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Thermal Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2422 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/chemical-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Chemical Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2421 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/electrical-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Electrical Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2420 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/gravitational-and-potential-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Gravitational and Potential Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2429 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/elastic-potential-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Elastic Potential Energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2419 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/radiant-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Radiant Energy?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2417 jet-nav__item\"><a 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Kinetic Energy?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ecd74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9ecd74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Things that move have kinetic energy. It is the energy possessed by an object due to its motion or movement. These include large objects, like planets, and tiny ones like atoms. The heavier an object is and the faster it moves, the more kinetic energy it has.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now let&#8217;s see this illustration below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There is a small and large ball resting on a table.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2465\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2465\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration.jpg\" alt=\"Let us say both balls will fall into the bucket of water. What is going to happen?\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let us say both balls will fall into the bucket of water.<br>What is going to happen?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let us say both balls will fall into the bucket of water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What is going to happen?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2466\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kinetic-energy-illustration2-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You will notice that the smaller ball makes a little splash as it falls into the bucket. The heavy ball makes a bigger splash. Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Note the following:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1. Both balls had potential energy as they rested on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. By resting up on a high table, they also had gravitational energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. By moving and falling off the table (movement), potential and gravitational energy changed to Kinetic Energy. Can you guess which of the balls had more kinetic energy? (The big and heavy ball)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Let&#8217;s see another classic example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you are in a hot room and you turn on the fan, what do you begin to feel? Air (wind). The fast movement of the fan&#8217;s blades has kinetic energy, which is then transferred into the air (wind) that you now feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Other examples of Kinetic Energy include a moving car, a moving wheel, and a moving arrow. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/kinetic-energy-in-use\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> <\/b>to see how kinetic energy in fast-flowing water can be tapped to generate electricity.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bd4991\" data-id=\"5bd4991\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9952378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9952378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-50b1d0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50b1d0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d6f79d\" data-id=\"3d6f79d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9199dbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9199dbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-energy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6245499\" data-id=\"6245499\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01bddfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"01bddfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/mechanical-energy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinds of energy What is energy? Kinetic Energy Mechanical Energy Sound Energy Thermal Energy Chemical Energy Electrical Energy Gravitational and Potential Energy Elastic Potential Energy Radiant Energy Nuclear Energy Energy stored, Transferred and Dissipation What is Kinetic Energy? Things that move have kinetic energy. 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