A horse and a dog are running with the same speed. The horse will possess more kinetic energy. Give the reason for the same.

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Solution

Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion.
The kinetic energy equation is given as,
$\frac{1}{2} m v^{2}$
Where,
m= mass of the body and
v = velocity of the body.
Since horse and dog have the same speed, hence due to more mass of the horse, the kinetic energy of the horse will be more.

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