Kinetic Energy

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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

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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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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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In the non-relativistic regime, if the momentum, is increased by 100%, the percentage increase in kinetic energy 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:

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An air molecule of mass 5.0×10-26 kg and moving with a speed of 500 m s-1 has a kinetic energy of about e=1.6×10-19 C

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If the linear momentum is increased by 50% then the kinetic energy will increase by

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

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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

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A particle of mass m1 is moving with a velocity v1 and another particle of mass m2 is moving with a velocity v2. Both of them have the same momentum but their different kinetic energies are E1 and E2 respectively. If m1>m2 then

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

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An object of 1 kg mass has a momentum of 10 kg m sec-1 then the kinetic energy of the object will be

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The ratio of momenta of an electron and an α- particle which are accelerated from rest by a potential difference of 100 V is:

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

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Choose the most appropriate statement :

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S1: The acceleration and velocity of a particle undergoing circular motion are always perpendicular to each other.
S2: A system cannot have kinetic energy when its momentum is zero.
S3:  A body can have negative total mechanical energy.

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What will be the decrease in momentum of a body if it's kinetic energy decreases by 36% ?