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How can you increase the potential energy in a book sitting on a bookshelf?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
put the book higher up on the shelf
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Anonymous
Put the book as far up on the shelf as possible
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How can you the amount of potential energy in a book sitting on a bookshelf?
Place it on a higher shelf. If it has to stay on the same shelf, then its potential energy can only be increased by adding some pages to it.
What type of energy does a bookself have?
A bookshelf has gravitational potential energy.
How can you increase gravitational potential energy?
Potential gravitational energy is pretty theoretic, but exists as potential. So a ball sitting on the floor has little to no potential energy as it is as low as possible, but put that ball on a table, its potential energy increases. So the answer is to place things higher, on a surface of a sort. Mass and height
What type of energy does sitting use?
potential
What will happen if you increase the mass of an object what will the potential energy do?
If you increase the mass of an object, the potential energy will increase.
What is the relationship between the work done while moving a book to a higher bookshelf and the change of potential energy?
It is the same - work done is weight x height and potential energy change is the same at the new height
What is the relationship between the work done to lift a book to place it on a bookshelf and the potential energy of the book on the shelf?
There is no direct relationship because the potential energy of the book on the shelf is defined relative to an arbitrary base line at which the potential energy would be zero. The work done in raising the book is the increase in the potential energy of book from however much PE it had in its previous location - for example, on a lower shelf.
What does potential energy depend on to increase?
Potential Energy depends on mass and height to increase(: Hope that helps.MassHeight
How were you able to increase the amount of potential energy the ball had?
As we increase the altitude of the ball the potential energy increases.
What energy is a book on a shelf?
Potential Energy If it falls, it will then be subject of gravity, so it has the potential of becoming energetic. -------------------- The bookshelf could also catch fire and the book would release energy as heat.
What type of energy does a pebble sitting on the top of a mountain have?
It has potential energy.
How does elevation effect potential energy due to gravity?
Increase in potential energy = weight x increase in height
