key term - Total Kinetic Energy

Definition

Total kinetic energy refers to sum of kinetic energy possessed by all particles within a system due its motion.

Related terms

Potential Energy:

This is stored energy that an object possesses due to its position or state.

Mechanical Energy: This is the sum of potential and kinetic energy in a system.

Conservation of Energy:

This principle states that total energy within a closed system remains constant, it can only change from one form to another (like from potential to kinetic and vice versa).