Kinetic Energy

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Kinetic Energy: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kinetic Energy etc.

Important Questions on Kinetic Energy

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A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of 45°  with the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be,

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A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is projected at an angle of   45°  to the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be –

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A body of mass 5 kg is moving with a momentum of 10 kg m s-1. Now a force of 2 N acts on the body in the direction of its motion for 5 s. The increase in the Kinetic energy of the body is _____ J.

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A car accelerates from rest of u m s-1. The energy spent in this process is E J. The energy required to accelerate the car from u m s-1 to 2u m s-1 is nE J. The value of n is _____.

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Two bodies are having kinetic energies in the ratio 16:9. If they have same linear momentum, the ratio of their masses respectively is:

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The momentum of a body is increased by 50%. The percentage increase in the kinetic energy of the body is________%.

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A body is dropped on ground from a height h1 and after hitting the ground, it rebounds to a height h2. If the ratio of velocities of the body just before and after hitting ground is 4, then percentage loss in kinetic energy of the body is x4. The value of x is _____.

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Two bodies having same linear momentum have ratio of kinetic energy as 16:9. Find the ratio of masses of these bodies.

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A cable in the form of a spiral roll as shown in the figure has a linear density 0.25 kg m-1. It is uncoiled at a uniform speed of 2 m s-1. If the total length of the cable is 15 m, the work done in uncoiling is (neglect friction) 
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If the K.E. of a body is increased by 300%, its momentum will increase by

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Find percentage change in kinetic energy of given mass if velocity is changed by 20 percent.

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Calculate the kinetic energy of a bus of mass 104kg moving with a speed of 108km h-1.

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A uniform thin rod of length L, mass m is lying on a smooth horizontal table. A horizontal impulse P is suddenly applied perpendicular to the rod at one end. The total energy of the rod after the impulse is

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When mass and speed are doubled the K.E. increases

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What is the nature of the graph between momentum of a body and its kinetic energy?

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The K.E. acquired by a mass m in travelling a certain distance d, starting from rest, under the action of a constant force is directly proportional to:

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A 16 kg block moving on a frictionless horizontal surface with a velocity of 4 ms compresses an ideal spring and comes to rest, if the force constant of the spring be 100 Nm, then the spring is compressed by

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Two masses of 1 g and 4 g are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of the magnitude of their momenta is

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Kinetic energy of a body can be increased more by _____.

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A shell explodes in mid-air. It's total: