Kinetic Energy
Kinetic Energy: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Kinetic Energy and Linear Momentum and Kinetic Energy in System of Particles
Important Questions on Kinetic Energy
A ball whose kinetic energy is , is projected at an angle of with the horizontal. The kinetic energy of the ball at the highest point of its flight will be,

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

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

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

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

In the non-relativistic regime, if the momentum, is increased by the percentage increase in kinetic energy is

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

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

An air molecule of mass and moving with a speed of has a kinetic energy of about

If the linear momentum is increased by then the kinetic energy will increase by

Kinetic energy of a body increases times when its momentum is increased times.

Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Kinetic energy of a system can be changed without changing its momentum
2) Kinetic energy of a system cannot be changed without changing its momentum
3) Momentum of a system cannot be changed without changing its kinetic energy
4) Body cannot have energy without having momentum

A particle of mass is moving with a velocity and another particle of mass is moving with a velocity Both of them have the same momentum but their different kinetic energies are and respectively. If then

A projectile is projected with a kinetic energy Its range is It will have the minimum kinetic energy after covering a horizontal distance equal to

An object of mass has a momentum of then the kinetic energy of the object will be

The ratio of momenta of an electron and an - particle which are accelerated from rest by a potential difference of is:

If the momentum of a particle with fixed mass is doubled, its kinetic energy,

Choose the most appropriate statement :

: The acceleration and velocity of a particle undergoing circular motion are always perpendicular to each other.
: A system cannot have kinetic energy when its momentum is zero.
: A body can have negative total mechanical energy.

What will be the decrease in momentum of a body if it's kinetic energy decreases by ?
