Kinetic Energy Facts
Kinetic Energy Facts
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| Interesting Kinetic Energy Facts: |
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| An object keeps the same amount of kinetic energy unless it speeds up or slows down. |
| Kinetic energy can be calculated for any moving object as long as the objects' mass and speed are known. |
| The unit used when measuring kinetic energy is called a joule. |
| Kinetic energy can occur in any direction whether up and down or left to right. |
| When an objects' mass doubles, its kinetic energy also doubles. |
| When an objects' speed doubles, its kinetic energy quadruples. |
| The faster an object moves, the more kinetic energy it has. |
| When an object collides with another object, it transfers its kinetic energy to the other object. |
| As a car on a roller coaster goes up hill, it loses kinetic energy. |
| In order for an object to gain kinetic energy, work has to be done to the object. |
| The word kinetic comes from the Greek word kinesis which means motion. |
| Although the concept of kinetic energy dates back to the days of Aristotle, Lord Kelvin is given the credit for first using the term around the year 1849. |
| Most kinetic energy begins as a different kind of energy and is converted. |
| There are two main types of kinetic energy: translational and rotational. |
| Translational kinetic energy depends on motion through space and rotational kinetic energy depends on motion centered on an axis. |
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