Kinetic Energy (CIE A Level Physics)

• Kinetic energy is energy an object has due to its motion (or velocity)
• A force can make an object accelerate; work is done by the force and energy is transferred to the object
• Using this concept of work done and an equation of motion, the extra work done due to an object's speed can be derived
• The derivation for this equation is shown below:

• Kinetic energy is energy an object has due to its motion (or velocity)
  • The faster an object is moving, the greater its kinetic energy

• When an object is falling, it is gaining kinetic energy since it is gaining speed. This energy transferred from the gravitational potential energy it is losing
• An object will maintain this kinetic energy unless its speed changes

Equation for Kinetic energy

KE: The energy an object has when its moving