The Impact of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on American Business from 1977-2010 Ajani Harris Claremont McKenna College This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you by Scholarship@Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in this collection by an authorized administrator. For more information, please contactscholarship@cuc.claremont.edu.
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that 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 stated velocity.
Both potential and kinetic energy can be converted to heat. Chemical potential energy (such as that stored in wood) can be converted to heat through combustion. Kinetic energy can be converted to heat through friction (holding the ice cube against an operating disk or belt sander). Gravitational potential energy could be used to create heat, as a falling mass could be attached by ropes and pulleys to the axle of the sander.