The heavier an object , the ______________is its kinetic energy.
Answers
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Explanation:
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Explanation:
The problem doesn't specify this, but if are to assume that both the massive object and the lighter object are moving with the same velocity, then the answer would be yes.
An object's kinetic energy is simply the energetic cost paid, i.e. work done on the object, in order to accelerate it from rest to a given velocity, let's say
v
.
Now, an object's mass comes into play here because it will affect the amount of work we do in order to accelerate the object, i.e. give it kinetic energy.
More specifically, a more massive object will require more work in order to get from rest to a velocity
v
, and consequently have a higher kinetic energy, than a lighter object that goes from rest to the same velocity
v
.
Once the object reaches velocity
v
, its kinetic energy can be expressed as a function of its velocity and of its mass
kinetic energy
=
1
2
×
mass
×
velocity
2
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
If you take
M
to be the mass of the massive object and
m
to be the mass of the lighter object, you can say that
KE
massive
=
1
2
⋅
M
⋅
v
2
massive
KE
light
=
1
2
⋅
m
⋅
v
2
light
If you take
v
massive
=
v
light
→
the two objects are moving with the same velocity
then you can say that
KE
massive
KE
light
=
1
2
⋅
M
⋅
v
2
1
2
⋅
m
⋅
v
2
which is equivalent to
KE
massive
=
M
m
⋅
KE
light
If
M
>
m
, you have
M
m
>
1
and
KE
massive
>
KE
light
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
This means that when two objects are moving with the same velocity, the object that has the greater mass will have the higher kinetic energy
Let's take a numerical example to illustrate this idea. Let's assume that you have a bicycle of mass
m
=
10 kg
and a car of mass
M
=
1000 kg
, and that both of them are moving at
10 m s
−
1
.
You will have
KE
car
=
1
2
⋅
1000 kg
⋅
10 m s
−
1
=
5000 J
KE
bicycle
=
1
2
⋅
10 kg
⋅
10 m s
−
1
=
50 J
Notice that
KE
car
KE
bicyle
=
5000
J
50
J
=
100
The car has a kinetic energy is
100
times higher than the kinetic energy of the bicycle, which means that it took
100
times more work to accelerate the car from rest to
10 m s
−
1
than it took to accelerate the bicycle from rest to
10 m s
−
1
.
You can test this yourself by trying to push a bicycle and a car to the same velocity. The one that is harder to push will have the higher kinetic energy once it gets to that velocity.