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Kinetic energy is exerted from the human's legs especially the thighs, through their feet onto the pedals. This moves the chain which acts on the axle to turn the back wheel. Continual pumping of kinetic energy through the striated leg muscles and through the the knee joint keeps the axle moving. When not receiving kinetic energy, such as during coasting, the axle continues to turn the wheel through its rotations. Theoretically, on a flat surface or uphill, all the kinetic energy would be "used up" if no more is applied. But on a downhill, gravity and slope accelerates the kinetic energy previously given, even if no more physical energy is applied. Here, brakes act against the wheels turning, so the bike slows then can be stopped.
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What type of energy is it when you move a handle or bike pedal and the gears or bike tires keep moving?
it is called mechanical energy.
How is it produced a moving bike?
how it is produce a moving bike
Why isn't thermal energy wasted during a bike ride?
Thermal energy is produced during a bike ride. It is produced by the body, which is why you sweat, the friction between all moving parts of the bike and even between the tyres and the road
Can chemical energy transform into mechanical energy after riding a bike?
Not after riding a bike, but rather during riding a bike. Your muscles convert chemical energy (a form of potential energy) into mechanical energy to do work.
Is it possible to convert the mechanical energy produced while cycling into electrical energy?
The mechanical energy produced while cycling doesn't just float away to Neverland to make flowers grow.It goes directly into the kinetic energy of the mass of (cycle + rider). In other words, the mechanical energy is your motion on the bike. Less mechanical energy, and you move slower. No mechanical energy, and youdon't move at all.It is certainly possible to 'rob' some of the mechanical energy, and devices to do that have been availablesince I pedaled around the neighborhood on two oval rocks connected by a tree branch. You must have seenthe little electric generator that bears against the sidewall of the front bike-tire, and powers the lightson the bike.You can use as large a generator as you want, and rob as much of the mechanical energy as youwant to divert from your own kinetic energy ... in case you need to run a TV or a washing machineon the bike. Just remember, the energy you take away from moving your own mass becomesunavailable to move you and the bike, plus, when you add the generator and whateverextra equipment you're running with it, you then have moremass to lug around.
Can a bike transfer from chemical energy to mechanical energy?
Yes
Is driving mechanical energy?
Driving comprises of kinetic energy. No potential energy is included.
Does a bike use mechanical or thermal energy?
it has both
What type of energy is a moving bike?
Kinetic.
What form of energy Is being used when somebody rides a bike?
Mechanical or kinetic energy
How does mechanical energy convert to light energy?
One method which this could happen is you have mechanical energy, lets say you riding a bike, and attach a turbine to it which converts your mechanical energy into electrical energy. You then plug a light bulb into that, and the electric energy is converted into light.
When energy conversions when ride a bicycle up and down the hill?
chemical energy from food the rider has eaten gets turne into kinetic energy as the bike is moving. Then into potential energy as the bike heads uphill. As the bike heads down potential energy turns into kinetic energy.
