What is the difference between kinetic energy and potential energy please give the answers and examples?
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Kinetic Energy & Potential Energy
Definition -The energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system.
Potential Energy is the stored energy in an object or system because of its position or configuration.
Relation to environment -Kinetic energy of an object is relative to other moving and stationary objects in its immediate environment.
Potential energy is not relative to the environment of an object.
Transferability -Kinetic energy can be transferred from one moving object to another, say, in collisions.
Potential energy cannot be transferred.
Examples -Flowing water, such as when falling from a waterfall. (ke)
Water at the top of a waterfall, before the precipice.(pe)
SI Unit Joule (J) Joule (J)
Determining factors Speed/velocity and mass Height or distance and mass