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As gravity pulls water down a slope, the water's potential energy changes to kinetic energy that can do work.
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Is water in the river is potential energy?
I would think it as kinetic energy because it is moving.
Is liquid potential or kinetic energy?
Liquid can possess both potential and kinetic energy. Potential energy is the stored energy within a liquid due to its position or composition, such as gravitational potential energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion exhibited by a liquid, like the movement of water flowing in a river.
Is a river potential or kinetic energy?
Both, if you refer to a flowing stream. The topographic elevation of the streambed above the base level toward which it leads (e.g., sea level) is indicative of the potential energy of the water in the river. (Another kind of potential energy is proportional to the water depth above the streambed.) The river's kinetic energy is proportional to the square of its current velocity and to the mass of moving water. Remember KE = (m v^2)/2 from physics? If the river ceases to flow, for example enters a lake or impoundment, its kinetic energy will decrease to zero. Yet because of potential energy, its water may still have considerable energy.
What type of energy is involved when a river moves sediment and erodes its banks?
It's either chemical energy,gravitational energy,potential energy,or kinetic energy.The correct answer is kinetic energy.
River water held behind a dam i sbest described as a form of kinetic energy chemical energy entropy thermodynamics or potential energy?
Potential energy. The water behind a dam has stored potential energy due to its position above the ground level. This potential energy can be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy, when the water is released and flows downstream.
How waterfalls create energy?
The rapids produce kinetic energy, which will then be converted to electrical energy. Change in river altitude (head) is potential energy
What energy is a flowing river?
Kinetic energy.
What type of energy is represesnted by a log floating down a river?
The energy represented by a log floating down a river is mainly mechanical energy. This energy comes from the log's motion and position as it moves downstream due to the river's flow and gravitational forces acting on it.
What type of energy do pebbles flowing in a river have?
First, pebbles do not "flow" in a river, it is the river which flows. The flowing of a river is caused by the conversion of potential energy (caused by the height difference in the water at the rivers current position and it mouth) into kinetic energy (the movement of flowing). If the friction between the flow of the water and the pebble is high enough, some of the kinetic energy in the water can be passed to the pebble and this too will begin to move.
What happens to the potential energy of the water in a river as gravity pulls the water downhill?
Since potential energy is proportional to elevation, the potential energy of water gets less and less as it goes downhill.Its kinetic energy (based on velocity) may well increase, but the question asked about potential energy.
Does the water stored behind a dam have kinetic energy before it is released?
Yes, water stored in a reservoir is an example of potential energy. Potential energy is defined as Energystored within a physical system as a result of the position or configuration of the different parts of that system. It has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, such as Kinetic_energy, and to do Work_(physics) in the process. The water is stored in the reservoir and can be used to generate electricity.
What type of energy does a moving river have?
A moving river has kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion. This energy comes from the water's movement and can be harnessed by devices like hydroelectric dams to generate electricity.
