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- goes into motion. This energy is transformed into kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is changed into heat by the friction process and is finally lost through dissipation.
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Potential energy is released whenever an object?
goes into motion
When you lift an object energy is transferred to an object which gives the object?
When you lift an object, the energy transferred to the object is called gravitational potential energy.
When is gravitational potential energy positive?
Whenever an object is above the selected reference level.
Is potential energy an inanimate object or animate object?
Potential Energy is energy packed up and ready to be used. Kinetic energy is energy being used, or moving.
What do the sentence mean an object's total kinetic and potential energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Kinetic energy is stored in an object when you apply force to it, lifting it, for example. That energy stays in the object as potential energy until it is released when you drop the object.
What type of energy conversion takes place in an egg drop?
Whenever an object falls down, potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
Give one example of an object before and after it has gained elastic potential energy Explain what has changed in the object to produce the energy?
a streched out spring. the spring is compresed so it has potential energy and when it is released it has elastic potential energy
Compare potential and kinetic energy?
The difference between potential and kinetic energy all comes down to a very simple property of the object. If an object is moving, then it has kinetic energy, or kinetic energy is the energy of movement. Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object and can be released under the right conditions.
What is the difference between kinetic and potential enrgy?
Kinetic energy is the motion of an object (real). Potential energy is a measure of the kinetic energy an object WOULD have if it were to be released and allowed to fall.
How does kinetic energy change into potential energy?
An object has potential energy if it has been pushed into a certain position, against a certain type of force (a so-called "conservative force"). The potential energy will automatically be "released" when the object goes back to a lower-energy position (meaning, in this case, less potential energy); in that case, the potential energy will quite often be converted into kinetic energy, since the force tends to accelerate the object. One example is when an object in a high position (and which therefore has gravitational potential energy) falls down. Another example is when a spring is released.
Does something have grater speed when it has more potential energy or less?
It can be a little complicated but I'll do my best to explain.Quick Vocab: potential energy - the stored energy in an object because of its position, shape, or condition. Kinetic energy - the energy of an object due to its motion. The more potential energy an object has the more Kinetic energy it will have. Basically when the object is moved the potential energy is released and becomes kinetic energy. As the kinetic energy (speed) increases the Potential energy decreases.So yes, when the potential energy decreases the speed increases.
If a raised object has potential energy does it have more if you lift it higher?
Yes. The potential energy of an object is E=mgh where m=mass, g=acceleration of gravity (9.8 m/s^2) and h is the height of an object above a reference point. So, if two objects (on the same planet) have the same mass, the one that is higher will have the larger potential energy. Another way to think of this is that in lifting an object higher you do work on that object. That work is converted into it's potential energy. Whenever you do work you change the energy of the object.
