KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Once the weighted end of the pendulum is released, it will become active as gravity pulls it downward. Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, which is the energy exerted by a moving object. An active pendulum has the most kinetic energy at the lowest point of its swing when the weight is moving fastest.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is because as the pendulum falls to its lowest point, it speeds up more and more. Thus, at its lowest point, the pendulum has its kinetic energy at a maximum.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the pendulum swings downward, gravity converts this potential energy into kinetic energy, so that at the bottom of the swing, the pendulum bob has zero potential energy, and its kinetic energy, (1/2)mv2, equals the inital potential energy (mgh).

Detailed explanation-4: -Here, The answer is the kinetic energy of the pendulum is maximum at the equilibrium position because at the position the velocity is high. Note: The period of the pendulum does not get affected by mass. There is a direct relationship between the angle and velocity, so the mass does not affect the period of a pendulum.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kinetic energy is highest when the velocity is the highest. This occurs at the bottom of the pendulum.