Do you know your Basics-III
Classical Mechanics
Level
1
A bird flying in the sky has:
KE only
Neither KE nor PE
Both KE and PE
PE only
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
1 solution
Since the bird is flying then it must possess some velocity, & hence it has got some amount of K.E.
Again since the bird is flying at a certain altitude, hence it must possess some gravitational P.E.
Therefore, a flying bird has both K.E & P.E.