KINETIC ENERGY

The word "kinetic" is derived from the Greek word meaning to move, and the word "energy" is the
ability to move

The kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as the work needed

to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its current velocity. Having gained this energy during
its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes. Negative work of the same
magnitude would be required to return the body to a state of rest from that velocity.

KINETIC ENERGY CONCEPT

Kinetic energy is energy of motion. The kinetic energy of an object is the energy it possesses
because of its motion. The kinetic energy of a point mass m is given by
KINETIC ENERGY EXAMPLES

One common example of kinetic energy involves a roller coaster that is speeding down the
tracks during a drop. When the roller coaster is at the top of a drop and not moving, there is
no kinetic energy being used, but as the roller coaster plunges down a hill, kinetic energy
increases as the speed of the coaster increases.

In billiards, a player gives the cue ball kinetic energy when he strikes the ball with the cue.
As the ball rolls, it exerts kinetic energy. When the ball comes into contact with another ball,
it transmits its kinetic energy, allowing the next ball to be accelerated.

RELATION BETWEEN KINETIC ENERGY AND LINEAR MOMENTUM

Kinetic Energy (K.E):The energy possessed by a body by virtue of it's motion is called
kinetic energy.

Ex: A freely falling body,moving car,moving bullet are examples of objects possessing K.E.

K.E is a scalar quantity.

If mass of the object (m) and velocity of the object (v) are defined we can use the
formula K.E = 1/2 m v2 to calculate K.E
Liner momentum (p) :The product of mass of the body (m) and it's linear velocity is
called linear momentum.
Linear momentum is a Vector quantity.

If mass of the object (m) and velocity of the object (v) are defined we can use the
formula p = m v to calculate momentum.

Relation between K.E and momentum (p):

We know K.E = 1/2 m v2 and p = mv
==> K.E = 1/2 m v2 = 1/2m (mv)2 = (p2)/2m
==> K.E = (p2)/2m 
I.e. When mass of the body is constant, the kinetic energy of the body is directly
proportional to square of momentum.