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they release energy because its like a rubber band being stretched then being released
Think of it as a rubber band
not exacltly
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How does the elastic rebound theory explain the occurrence of earthquakes?
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to sit original shape is called elastic rebound. Elastic rebound happens when stress on rock along a fault becomes so grat that the rock breaks or fails. This failure causes the rocks on either side of the fault to jerk past one another. During this sudden motion, large amounts of energy are released. This energy travels through rock as seismic waves. These waves cause earthquakes. The strength of an earthquake is related to the amount of energy that is released during elastic rebound.
What theory explains how rocks in the earth store energy and release it to cause earthquakes?
The theory that explains how rocks in the earth store energy and release it to cause earthquakes is called the elastic rebound theory. This theory states that rocks deform elastically as stress accumulates within them. When the stress exceeds the rocks' strength, they suddenly break or "rebound," releasing the stored energy in the form of seismic waves, resulting in an earthquake.
What is one way you can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band?
You can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band by stretching it further from its natural length. This will cause the rubber band to store more potential energy as elastic potential energy increases with the amount of stretch applied.
What energy transformations occur in an rubber power airplane?
the stretch of the rubber band cause elastic energy the movement of the plane cause kinetic energy and the height causes gravitational potential energy
What happens to the energy of a ball when it is dropped to the floor?
The kinetic energy of the ball is converted into elastic energy through deformation (I assume we are not talking about steel balls). The elastic energy is then released, pushing the ball back up. Some energy is lost in the ball where it will cause heating, and some is probably lost to the floor, depending how elastic the floor is, so the rebound bounce won't reach the same height as the initial height, but total energy must be conserved.
What is the transfer of energy to an object that cause the object to move in the direction?
external energy to kinetic energy (maybe)
How does nuclear energy chemical energy light energy sound energy kinetic energy elastic energy electrical energy gravitational energy elastic energy all connect?
Nuclear energy is converted to thermal energy, which can produce light energy through incandescence or kinetic energy through steam turbines. Kinetic energy can create sound energy when moving objects cause vibrations. Electrical energy can be generated from the kinetic energy or sound energy produced. Gravitational energy can be converted to elastic energy in certain systems.
What is an example of an energy transfer?
Slapping someone in the face. Which cause energy from your hand to that persons face.
When winds generally flow away from the equator and towards the poles what transfer of wind does this cause?
an energy transfer, with heat energy moving away from the equator
Does the elastic rebound cause earthquakes?
At a slip fault the plates on either side of the fault are under a force that impels them to move past each other, but restrained by friction and the interlocking of their shapes. These opposing forces distort the rocks of the plate edges near the fault, producing elastic deformation. When the strain becomes great enough to overcome static friction or to break the interlocking sections of rock, or when any shock occurs that jars the fault and allows it to start moving, the friction between the plates will be reduced to dynamic friction (for so long as the plates keep moving). Then elastic forces in the distorted rocks will cause them to spring suddenly back to their proper shapes, producing movement of the rocks either side of the fault, parallel to the fault, of sometimes several metres. This sideways movement releases a great deal of elastic potential energy, producing the S-waves of an earthquake. Elastic rebound caused a problem for seismologists monitoring underground nuclear tests before the Comprehensivve Test Ban Treaty came into effect. An explosion itself produces only P-waves, which ought to have allowed seismologist to tell underground explosions apart from earthquakes. But in practice the P-waves from the explosions could jar elastically-deformed faults into movement, which produced S-waves from the elastic rebound.
Does elastic rebound cause earthquakes?
At a slip fault the plates on either side of the fault are under a force that impels them to move past each other, but restrained by friction and the interlocking of their shapes. These opposing forces distort the rocks of the plate edges near the fault, producing elastic deformation. When the strain becomes great enough to overcome static friction or to break the interlocking sections of rock, or when any shock occurs that jars the fault and allows it to start moving, the friction between the plates will be reduced to dynamic friction (for so long as the plates keep moving). Then elastic forces in the distorted rocks will cause them to spring suddenly back to their proper shapes, producing movement of the rocks either side of the fault, parallel to the fault, of sometimes several metres. This sideways movement releases a great deal of elastic potential energy, producing the S-waves of an earthquake. Elastic rebound caused a problem for seismologists monitoring underground nuclear tests before the Comprehensivve Test Ban Treaty came into effect. An explosion itself produces only P-waves, which ought to have allowed seismologist to tell underground explosions apart from earthquakes. But in practice the P-waves from the explosions could jar elastically-deformed faults into movement, which produced S-waves from the elastic rebound.
What cause potential energy to increase?
Potential energy increases when an object is raised to a higher position against the force of gravity, when an object is compressed or stretched (elastic potential energy), or when electric charges are separated (electric potential energy).
