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.
The kinetic energy of an object depends on both its mass and velocity, with its velocity playing a much greater role. Examples of Kinetic Energy: 1. An airplane has a large amount of kinetic energy in flight due to its large mass and fast velocity. 2. A baseball thrown by a pitcher, although having a small mass, can have a large amount of kinetic energy due to its fast velocity. 3.