How does the mass of a bowling ball that has been rolled down the lane affect the kinetic energy? a) the kinetic energy does not depend on the mass of the bowling ball. b) the kinetic energy is increasing proportional to the mass of the bowling ball. c) the kinetic energy is decreasing proportional to the mass of the bowling ball. d) the kinetic energy is increasing proportional to the square of the mass of the bowling ball.

Answer is: B) The kinetic energy is increasing proportional to the mass of the bowling ball.

Kinetic energy has to do with the speed of an object and how much mass it has; basically how the object is moving.

Ek = 1/2 · m(bowling ball) · v²(bowling ball).

m is mass; v is speed of bowling ball.

The standard unit of kinetic energy is the joule.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.