Kinetic Energy (Topic:Energy and Its Conversions)

What is Kinetic Energy?

• Kinetic Energy is the energy that moving objects have.
• They can be found in both living things and non-living things.
• The faster an object moves, the more kinetic energy it has.

The amount of Kinetic Energy an object has depends on:

• The mass of the moving object;
• The speed of the moving object.

An object at rest has no kinetic energy. For example, a stationary ball or a person standing still on the ground has no kinetic energy.

Kinetic Energy is also called as movement energy.

Do you know that rubbish can give us energy?

One gram of rubbish, when completely changed into energy, can keep a 1000-watt light bulb glowing for 2850 years.