FACTORS AFFECTING

POTENTIAL ENERGY AND

KINETIC ENERGY
Today's Objective
Identify and explain how
these factors affect Potential
energy

Identify and explain how

these factors affcet Kinetic
energy
 Hello Guys, do you know
Dora?
She is waiting for you. She is
looking for Boots! When she
looks up, she saw three Boots
hanging on the tree.Who is the
real Boots?Dora needs your
help, buddy.Boots leave a letter
with a clue on it. Horray!
Look Closely
Dear Dora,
I know you will find me, Although the
three of us really look identical. I am
the one who possess the greatest
amount of Potential energy! The one
reading this letter will help you, Dora,
please ask him before its too late.

Love,
The real Boots
Situation 1
• In situation 1, Pogs, Jordan, and Ivo with different masses
have the same distance from the ground.

• Given their potential energy, Ivo being the most massive

among the three boys, also has the greatest potential energy
among others. With this, we can conclude that the greater the
mass of an object, the greater its potential energy.
• Thus, mass (m) is a factor that can affect the amount of potential
energy a body possessed.

• As the mass of an object is changed, the potential energy of that

object is also changed.

• If you doubled or tripled the mass, the potential energy will also
be doubled or tripled at a constant height or distance from the
ground.
Situation 2
• Given the four (4) identical boxes, meaning they all have the
same mass. We can say that mass (m) and acceleration due to
gravity (g) here is constant.

• As the box has been elevated to a much higher position, its

gravitational potential energy becomes higher.
• the height (h) or distance of the object from the ground is a
factor that affects gravitational potential energy (PE).
• Gravitational Potential Energy is energy stored in an
object as the result of its height or vertical position

• Gravitational Potential Energy (PEgrav) on Earth is

directly proportional to the mass (m) and the height (h) of
an object.
Situation 3
• Kinetic energy, as we know, is energy possessed by a moving
object. Hence, an object at rest has zero kinetic energy

• the greater the mass of an object, the greater its kinetic energy
• the greater the mass of an object, the greater its kinetic
energy

• At constant speed, the amount of KE a body possessed

is directly proportional to its mass
Situation 4
• The last part of the activity investigated how speed (v) greatly
affects an object’s kinetic energy. The computed table of Ivo’s
kinetic energy shows that a small increase in his speed greatly
affects his Kinetic energy ( K. E)
• At constant mass of an object, as you increase the speed twice
as fast as the original speed, its KE will increase four times
than the first value.

• Kinetic Energy (KE) is not only directly related to speed but

to the square of the speed of an object
• Kinetic Energy (KE) is directly proportional to the mass (m)
and square of the speed of an object
 Joule(s) is the SI unit of kinetic energy and potential
energy in honor of the physicist, JAMES PRESCOTT
JOULE.
In fact, all energy has the same unit, which is kg m2/s2.
And 1 kg m2/s2 is equivalent to 1 Joule (J).
You did great!
SEE YOU NEXT MEETING