1) A ball sitting at the top of a hill (It’s potential energy because the ball could roll down the hill and create kinetic energy.) 2) A girl running in a race.

The amount of gravitational potential energy an object has depends on its height and mass. The heavier the object and the higher it is above the ground, the more gravitational potential energy it holds.

Heat is not an example of potential energy; in fact, it is not a type of energy at all. It is not potential energy, kinetic energy nor thermal energy….

Potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy and vice versa, but the change is always accompanied by the dissipation of some energy as heat. Kinetic energy is the energy of a body due to movement, while potential energy is the energy of a body by virtue of its position or state.

Kinetic energy can be affected by velocity, while potential energy can be affected by reference point, such as the very tip of a cliff. If a boulder was on the tip of a cliff, the wind could move it ever so slightly so that it could come crashing down.

Answer: The Kinetic Energy of the object is 3802.5 J.

Potential energy can transfer into other forms of energy like kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is energy an object has because of its motion. If released, as the ball moves faster and faster toward the ground, the force of gravity will transfer the potential energy to kinetic energy.

The kinetic energy is dependent upon the square of the speed. Unlike velocity, acceleration, force, and momentum, the kinetic energy of an object is completely described by magnitude alone. Like work and potential energy, the standard metric unit of measurement for kinetic energy is the Joule.

How can kinetic energy be proportional to the square of velocity, when velocity is relative? Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes. The same amount of work is done by the body in decelerating from its current speed to a state of rest.

Translational kinetic energy is directly proportional to mass and the square of the magnitude of velocity.