Animals ingest food containing carbon sources such as carbohydrates, proteins and lipids. (Which they get from plants that have absorbed and converted the carbon dioxide into other energies). They then metabolise these substances to produce waste products. One of these waste products is carbon dioxide which they breathe into the atmosphere. Also animals faeces is broken down by bacteria which give off carbon dioxide as they do so.
Eₖ = √1/2 mv²
Eₖ/v² = 1/2 m
2Eₖ/v² = m
mgh = 1/2 mv²
gh = 1/2 v²
2gh = v²
v = √2gh
= √2 × 10 N/kg × 2 m
= 6.324 ms⁻¹
m = 9.8/(6424)²
= 9.8/39.993
= 0.245 g
I am not sure if it's correct.
i transposed for m in the first equation then to find the velocity I combined the potential and kinetic energy equation. there was no mass because velocity doesn't depend on the mass
Then I used earth's gravitational field strength (g) 10 N/kg and the 2 m was the height provided in the question
you can try working and see if you get the same
