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Is a running refrigerator motor potential or kinetic energy?
kinetic
Which form of energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy in a mass of matter that is in motion, the energy of motion. Potential energy (where mass is in a gravity field) can be converted into kinetic energy Chemical energy (of an explosion) can be converted into kinetic energy Electrical energy can be converted into kinetic energy (eg in an electric motor)
What is an example of potetial energy?
Physics talks about two different types of energy. Kinetic Energy is the energy contained in motion, which Potential Energy is the energy of position. Think about a large rock, still, stopped on the edge of a cliff. The rock has potential energy, based on its position above the ground. If you push the rock off the cliff, the rock will fall or roll down the cliff, gaining speed all the time until it hits the ground. This energy of motion is called kinetic energy. But imagine that you have a giant mattress and a big spring; the rock will hit the mattress and compress the spring, If you snap a hook on the spring when it is most compressed, you will capture the kinetic energy and re-convert it into potential energy, in this case the energy trapped in a coiled spring. Or consider a battery. The battery is still and unmoving, but it contains potential energy. If you release the potential electrical energy by running the electricity from the battery through a motor, you can convert the potential energy of the battery into the kinetic energy of the spinning motor, which may drive a fan causing air to move. Again, you convert potential energy into kinetic energy. Your battery is all drained, and you want to recharge it. So you plug your battery into a battery charger, and into the wall. Far away, in a mountain lake, water is approaching a high dam. The water, high in the mountains, has potential energy, but as it spills into the intake pipes of the dam, the water falls and converts its potential energy into kinetic energy. The racing water with lots of kinetic energy now, flows against a steel turbine with angled blades, and the rushing water transfers some of its kinetic energy of motion into the turbine's kinetic energy of spinning. Connected to a generator above, the spinning turbine strains to spin a massive generator, converting the kinetic energy of the falling water into potential energy in the electric grid. Some of that electricity makes it to your house and charges up your battery.
What is energy transformation in motor?
motor is of mechanical energy which is made of kinetic energy
What is the energy change that take place when going up in a lift?
An elevator going up is increasing its potential energy. This energy and some kinetic energy to speed up the elevator in its way up comes from an electric motor that pulls the lifting cables that hold the elevator.
How do gliders transformed potential energy into Kinetic energy?
Gilders transformed Potential energy into Kinetic energy by if a Motor doesn't work the gliders would have the machine you are in just slip from potential energy (the motor) into Kinetic energy (is the energy of motion).
Is a running refrigerator motor potential or kinetic energy?
kinetic
What converts electrical energy to machanical energy?
A motor. If electricity passes through it, the motor rotates(kinetic/potential energy)
What converts machanical energy to electrical energy?
A motor. If electricity passes through it, the motor rotates(kinetic/potential energy)
What is the purpose of a motor in terms of energy?
To convert stored energy in a fuel, into motion. Potential energy into kinetic energy.
Is a running refrigerator motor a form of both kinetic and potential energy?
Yes
Which form of energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy in a mass of matter that is in motion, the energy of motion. Potential energy (where mass is in a gravity field) can be converted into kinetic energy Chemical energy (of an explosion) can be converted into kinetic energy Electrical energy can be converted into kinetic energy (eg in an electric motor)
What is an example of potetial energy?
Physics talks about two different types of energy. Kinetic Energy is the energy contained in motion, which Potential Energy is the energy of position. Think about a large rock, still, stopped on the edge of a cliff. The rock has potential energy, based on its position above the ground. If you push the rock off the cliff, the rock will fall or roll down the cliff, gaining speed all the time until it hits the ground. This energy of motion is called kinetic energy. But imagine that you have a giant mattress and a big spring; the rock will hit the mattress and compress the spring, If you snap a hook on the spring when it is most compressed, you will capture the kinetic energy and re-convert it into potential energy, in this case the energy trapped in a coiled spring. Or consider a battery. The battery is still and unmoving, but it contains potential energy. If you release the potential electrical energy by running the electricity from the battery through a motor, you can convert the potential energy of the battery into the kinetic energy of the spinning motor, which may drive a fan causing air to move. Again, you convert potential energy into kinetic energy. Your battery is all drained, and you want to recharge it. So you plug your battery into a battery charger, and into the wall. Far away, in a mountain lake, water is approaching a high dam. The water, high in the mountains, has potential energy, but as it spills into the intake pipes of the dam, the water falls and converts its potential energy into kinetic energy. The racing water with lots of kinetic energy now, flows against a steel turbine with angled blades, and the rushing water transfers some of its kinetic energy of motion into the turbine's kinetic energy of spinning. Connected to a generator above, the spinning turbine strains to spin a massive generator, converting the kinetic energy of the falling water into potential energy in the electric grid. Some of that electricity makes it to your house and charges up your battery.
How do you convert electica energy to kinetic energy?
Think about a battery-powered motor. (Granted, the energy is originally chemical potential, but it is transferred to electrical potential when it comes out of the battery.)
An electric motor converts electrical energy to potential energy?
They don't. An electric motor is designed to convert electrical energy to kinetic energy, not the other way round. A device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy is called a generator or a dynamo. Sometimes the same device can do both things (convert in both directions), but since the device is especially optimized for one function, it may not be very good at the other one.
What energy conversions occur when a car engine burns gasoline?
Chemical potential energy in the battery is converted to actual electrical energy which is converted to magnetic potential energy in the starter, producing mechanical kinetic energy in the gears which turn the motor over. The turning of the motor closes switches (kinetic) and moves valves (kinetic) which produce high energy voltage (potential) from the battery power which cause sparks in the cylinders (electrical) which in moving have drawn in gasoline vapor mixed with air (potential chemical energy) which when ignited produces linear kinetic energy in the moving cylinders, which push the cranks of the crank shaft to make rotational kinetic energy. The flywheel moves with the crank shaft storing potential energy which is released a fraction of a second later in keeping the engine turning while pushing up the cylinders to compress the vapor. Meanwhile, the spinning of the alternator by a belt pushes electricity into the battery were it is converted back to chemical potential energy for next time.
How does a roller coaster convert potential energy to kinetic energy and then back to potential energy again and again?
So the potential energy is the energy in the car at the top of the first slope. It changes into kinetic energy (Speed with mass) as it rolls down the hill. Then the electric motor winds it back up the hill, putting potential energy in the system again.
