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Some of its potential energy changes to kinetic energy.
As the object falls, it PEG or potential gravitational energy becomes kinetic energy. Before falling, it has for example 10 joules of PEG and 0 joules of Kinetic energy. As it falls, the PEG decreases and the kinetic energy increases, until it hits the ground, when all the energy is dispersed as sound, heat, etc.
An object is raised higher, an object falls to a lower height, and the mass of an object above Earth's surface changes.
When an object falls, the potential energy gets converted to kinetic energy.
-- the mass of the object -- the height through which it falls
Some of its potential energy changes to kinetic energy.
As an object falls from a higher level to a lower level, the gravitational potential energy that it had at the higher level changes to kinetic energy. As more and more potential energy changes to more and more kinetic energy, the increase of kinetic energy shows up in the form of greater speed.
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As the object falls, it PEG or potential gravitational energy becomes kinetic energy. Before falling, it has for example 10 joules of PEG and 0 joules of Kinetic energy. As it falls, the PEG decreases and the kinetic energy increases, until it hits the ground, when all the energy is dispersed as sound, heat, etc.
That's similar to when an object falls in a gravitational field: potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
An object is raised higher, an object falls to a lower height, and the mass of an object above Earth's surface changes.
When an object falls, the potential energy gets converted to kinetic energy.
-- the mass of the object -- the height through which it falls
Any object that is above ground level has potential energy. If the object falls down, the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, i.e., the object will move at a certain speed.
kinetic energy
If an object falls down, potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy (energy of movement). However, if an object drifts down slowly - say, a feather falling in air, or an object that falls down in water - the energy will be immediately converted to heat energy.
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