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What happens to the total amount of energy when a can of soup falls off a shelf?
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∙ 10y ago
The total amoun of enery remains unchanged. However some of it is converted into different forms.
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Which type of energy is being converted into kinetic energy as a marble falls from a shelf?
Gravitational Potential Energy, also known as GPE.
A vase sits on a shelf What form of energy does it possess?
Potential energy. If the vase falls, it is converted to kinetic energy. A good article is in the link below.
How can you the amount of potential energy in a book sitting on a bookshelf?
Place it on a higher shelf. If it has to stay on the same shelf, then its potential energy can only be increased by adding some pages to it.
Does a book falling from a shelf have gravitational energy?
Yes; while on the shelf it has potential energy due to gravity of mgh where m = mass and g =gravity acceleration and h is height fom floor. As it falls its potential energy is converted to kinetic energy mv squared/2 where v = velocity
What sort of energy does a book have if it falls off a high shelf?
Before it falls it has gravitational potential energy. While it falls, the potential energy gets converted to kinetic energy. Part of this gets dissipated by friction - mainly converted to heat. Once it hits the ground, all the energy will be converted to heat.
What energy is a book on a shelf?
Potential Energy If it falls, it will then be subject of gravity, so it has the potential of becoming energetic. -------------------- The bookshelf could also catch fire and the book would release energy as heat.
What is the song shelf bt the Jonas brothers about?
"Shelf" is about a girl that everyone falls for and has a gallery of hearts at her disposal.
When a book is moved from a higher shelf to a lower shelf what changes?
Gravitational potential energy
The kinetic energy of a book on a shelf is equal to the work done to lift the book to the shelf?
no, but the POTENTIAL energy may equal the work done to life the book to the shelf
What is the relationship between the work done while moving a book to a higher bookshelf and the potential energy that the book has on higher shelf?
Potetial energy is the energy an object has because of its position or location, or its energy of position.
What types of energy occur when a box is picked up and placed on a shelf?
Picking up the box gives it kinetic energy. When the box is sitting on the shelf, it has potential energy.
How can energy be converted from one form to another form in simple words?
Whenever work is being done, energy is changing from form to another, so the shortest answer is "by doing work". As an example, If you lift a brick from the ground to a shelf, the work you do - muscle energy - is converted to potential energy in the brick. If you then push the brick off the shelf, it crashes to the ground and that potential energy changes to kinetic energy as it falls, and to sound and brick smashing energy when it hits the floor. Avoid toe breaking energies and don't try this at home.
