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What is an example of gravitational potential?
An apple hanging from a tree has gravitational potential energy...anything which could fall to the ground has gravitational potential energy
How do you get potential energy?
If you are standing anywhere where you could fall you have gravitational potential energy. i.e. If you are in a ladder you have potential energy. Irvine ladder breaks and you fall this potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
how could you increase the gravitational potential energy between yourself and earth?
With mass AND heigth
What is gravitational energy-?
Gravitational potential energy is the kinetic energy that an object could gain if it was allowed to move through the entire gravitational potential in question. For example, if you climb a tower that is 100 feet above the Earth's surface and hold a ball, the ball will have potential energy as long as it remains at that height (in other words, as long as it remains at that potential). If the ball is dropped, the potential energy begins converting into kinetic as the ball falls through the 100 foot gravitational potential. When the ball is on the surface of the Earth, it no longer has any gravitational potential energy with respect to the Earth's surface. All of the energy converted into kinetic energy. When the ball actually hit the Earth, the kinetic energy was converted into heat and the ball stopped moving. That heat warmed the surrounding atmosphere a bit. No energy is ever lost, it just converts from one form to another.
Does gravitational potential energy converted to electrical energy occur in routine operation of a car?
That could happen in an electric or hybrid car, when the car is coasting down a hill, converting gravitational potential energy to the car's kinetic energy, and a touch of the brakes puts some of that kinetic energy into the batteries. But it's a stretch.
What is an example of gravitational potential?
An apple hanging from a tree has gravitational potential energy...anything which could fall to the ground has gravitational potential energy
How do you get potential energy?
If you are standing anywhere where you could fall you have gravitational potential energy. i.e. If you are in a ladder you have potential energy. Irvine ladder breaks and you fall this potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
What is gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy is the potential energy an object has due to its position in a gravitational field. The higher an object is the greater its gravitational potential. When it falls the gravitational potential becomes kinetic energy. Energy stored in height differences ~APEX
When could gravitational potential energy be dangerous?
For example, when you fall, or when something falls on you.
how could you increase the gravitational potential energy between yourself and earth?
With mass AND heigth
Could you define a magnetic potential energy as electrical or gravitational potential energy?
It is both as gravity makes electric power with magnets hope it helps.
Is an inflated balloon kinetic or potential?
I'd say that an inflated balloon would be strain, but could you specify what potential energy? Chemical potential? Gravitational potential?
What objects have potential energy?
Any object that could fall to the ground has potential energy that would be exerted by the force of gravity when it falls.
Is the energy that a body in movement possess?
Slinky! No, seriously. A slinky at the top of the stairs has POTENTIAL energy, a slinky falling down the stairs has KINETIC energy. Things with the potential to release energy have POTENTIAL energy. Things currently releasing that energy have KINETIC energy. Of course, it could also be a block of uranium, and it's got energy no matter what it's doing. Or it could be a chunk of wood sitting there, it's got thermal & light energy stored inside it, which would be released by rapid oxidization (burning).
What is gravitational energy-?
Gravitational potential energy is the kinetic energy that an object could gain if it was allowed to move through the entire gravitational potential in question. For example, if you climb a tower that is 100 feet above the Earth's surface and hold a ball, the ball will have potential energy as long as it remains at that height (in other words, as long as it remains at that potential). If the ball is dropped, the potential energy begins converting into kinetic as the ball falls through the 100 foot gravitational potential. When the ball is on the surface of the Earth, it no longer has any gravitational potential energy with respect to the Earth's surface. All of the energy converted into kinetic energy. When the ball actually hit the Earth, the kinetic energy was converted into heat and the ball stopped moving. That heat warmed the surrounding atmosphere a bit. No energy is ever lost, it just converts from one form to another.
Does gravitational potential energy converted to electrical energy occur in routine operation of a car?
That could happen in an electric or hybrid car, when the car is coasting down a hill, converting gravitational potential energy to the car's kinetic energy, and a touch of the brakes puts some of that kinetic energy into the batteries. But it's a stretch.
How could you increase the energy of an object resting on a desk?
There are different types of energy. You can increase the gravitational potential energy by raising the object. You can increase its thermal energy by heating it up.
