Question

How does the kinetic energy depend on mass? Explain with an example.

Answer 1

Kinetic energy:

1. The energy possessed by the motion of the object is called kinetic energy.
2. For example, suppose a car is running on the road, it possesses kinetic energy. It can be expressed as:

$\text{KE}=\frac{1}{2}m{v}^2$

Here, m is the mass of the object and v is the velocity of the object.

3. Kinetic energy depends on the amount of mass of the object, if the mass of the object gets halved, kinetic energy will reduce to halved.