Which characteristic will be affected by increasing the speed of an object from 30 meters per second (ms
) to 40 meters per second(ms
)?(1 point)
Responses
gravitational attraction
gravitational attraction
weight
weight
kinetic energy
kinetic energy
mass
None of the above characteristics will be affected by increasing the speed of an object from 30 meters per second to 40 meters per second.
The characteristic that will be affected by increasing the speed of an object is kinetic energy.
The characteristic that will be affected by increasing the speed of an object from 30 meters per second (m/s) to 40 meters per second (m/s) is kinetic energy.
To understand why kinetic energy is affected, let's first define what kinetic energy is. Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by an object due to its motion. It depends on both the mass and velocity of the object. The equation to calculate kinetic energy is KE = 1/2 * m * v^2, where KE represents kinetic energy, m represents mass, and v represents velocity.
In this case, if we increase the speed of the object from 30 m/s to 40 m/s while keeping the mass constant, the velocity term in the kinetic energy equation will change. Since the kinetic energy is directly proportional to the square of the velocity, an increase in velocity will result in a greater change in kinetic energy.
Therefore, by increasing the speed of the object, the kinetic energy will also increase.