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the amount of kinetic energy an object has depends on which feature of the object?
its motion
its position
its gravity
its height
Kinetic energy is the energy of an object due to its motion. The formula for kinetic energy is \(K = \frac{1}{2}mv^{2}\), where \(m\) is the mass of the object and \(v\) is its velocity (a measure of motion). Position (related to potential energy like gravitational potential energy \(U = mgh\), where \(h\) is height), gravity (a force, but not directly the feature for kinetic energy calculation in the basic formula), and height (again related to potential energy forms) are not the factors for kinetic energy. Kinetic energy specifically depends on the object's motion (as velocity \(v\) in the formula represents motion).
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its motion