Question

Falls often cause injuries, so one of the significant aspects of falls is the displacement and motion of a body. It is defined as how far a body moves vertically during the fall. Accordingly, there are three important factors that should be known to compute the kinetic energy (KE) of a falling body. These factors are:

Answer 1

Answer:

We need, mass, gravity and height.

Explanation:

When a body falls freely from a height, its initial velocity is zero, but due to the height it has some potential energy at the top and the kinetic energy is zero.

As it falls, the potential energy is gradually converted in to the kinetic energy so that the total energy of the falling body is conserved.

At the time as the body strikes the ground, the entire potential energy is converted into the kinetic energy.

Potential energy is given by

U = m g h

where, m is the mass, g is the gravity and h is the height,

So, to get the kinetic energy we require mass, gravity and height of the body.