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What does gravity do to your kinetic energy when you are driving uphill and when you are driving downhill?
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How does the energy associated with a bicycle change as it speeds up going downhill?
The energy associated with a bicycle changes as it speeds up going downhill due to the fact that potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. The potential energy is the energy of the position. The kinetic energy is the energy of movement.
Is gravity energy?
No. Gravity is a force. Potential energy turns into kinetic (moving) energy when you fall due to gravity.
Is a person diving into water an example of potential energy?
Its a bad example, but some potential energy is involved. You convert chemical energy from the fuel to kinetic energy and heat energy. The kinetic energy drives you into the water. There the car sinks because of the height difference and gravity. This is a form of potential energy. A better example would be a person driving up and down a mountain. When driving up a mountain you store kinetic energy into potential energy. On the way down you regain the potential energy you stored, which results in a higher kinetic energy when driving down.
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)
When a ball rolls down a hill what energy occurs?
The situation is similar as when an object falls. Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy (including rotational energy in this case); part of that kinetic energy is converted to heat energy.
Gravity your kinetic energy when you are driving uphill and it when you are driving downhill?
it is both kinetic and potential energy
Is coasting downhill on a bike a chemical energy?
No, it's potential energy turning into kinetic energy.
Is gravity kinetic energy?
There is no "gravity kinetic energy". There is gravitational energy (a type of potential energy), and - separately - there is kinetic energy (the energy of movement).
Is kinetic energy energy in moition?
yes because if you were running down a hill you are in motion and kinetic energy is in its greatest coming downhill.
When gravity is pulling on something does the something have kinetic energy?
The object can be stationary and have gravity pulling on it ergo no kinetic energy
How does the energy associated with a bicycle change as it speeds up going downhill?
The energy associated with a bicycle changes as it speeds up going downhill due to the fact that potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. The potential energy is the energy of the position. The kinetic energy is the energy of movement.
Is gravity energy?
No. Gravity is a force. Potential energy turns into kinetic (moving) energy when you fall due to gravity.
What is the main kinetic energy?
gravity
Is a person diving into water an example of potential energy?
Its a bad example, but some potential energy is involved. You convert chemical energy from the fuel to kinetic energy and heat energy. The kinetic energy drives you into the water. There the car sinks because of the height difference and gravity. This is a form of potential energy. A better example would be a person driving up and down a mountain. When driving up a mountain you store kinetic energy into potential energy. On the way down you regain the potential energy you stored, which results in a higher kinetic energy when driving down.
Is gravity potential or kinetic energy?
Gravity is a force more so than an energy
What was the driving force of water?
Generally when water is used as a source of energy it is either the kinetic energy of the flowing water or the potential energy of the water as it changed height that was used as the energy source. In both cases it is gravity that is the ultimate driving force that makes the water move (for kinetic energy) or is the source of the potential energy - which is recovered as the water moves from higher to lower.
What does not require energy?
Water flowing downhill does not require energy, only the force of gravity.
