0
What is the gravitational potential energy of a microscope with a mass of 0.5 kg sitting on a shelf 1 m from the floor?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Gravitational potential energy is the product of the force required to lift the mass and the height. For a mass of 0.5 kg, the force attracting it to the earth is 0.5 x 9.81 Newtons. (9.81 is the acceleration of a body in freefall, in units of meters/sec2.) As in this case the mass is raised 1 meter, its energy is 0.5 x 9.81 x 1 = 4.905 Joules.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does a book sitting on a shelf have gravitational potential energy?
YES!
The energy of position such as a rock on a hill is what energy?
Gravitational energy Potential energy
Is gravitational energy kinetic?
Gravitational energy is the potential energyassociated with the gravitational field.
Why is potential energy called gravitational potential energy?
Potential energy and gravitational potential energy are different from each other ."Potential energy is the ability of a body to do work." Anddue_to_its_height.%22">"Gravitational potential energy is the ability of a body to do work due to its height."Gravitational potential energy is a type of potential energy.
What energy does a boulder have sitting on top of a mountain?
A rock on the top of a hill has potential energy. When it falls it has kinetic energy. You are probably in 6th grade to be learning this. :) Hope this helped you!
What does potential energy plus gravitational energy equals?
Gravitational-potential energy.
Which has greater gravitational potential energy a car sittknv on top of a hill or a bowling ball sitting kn top of the same hill?
Gravitational potential energy is proportional to the object's height and its mass. So if the car has more mass than the bowling ball has, then it also has more gravitational potential energy.
A squirrel running up a tree and sitting on a branch shows what kind of energy conversation (apex)?
Kinetic energy becoming potential energy.
Elastic potential energyis the energy of an object above the surface of earth?
No, that's gravitational potential energy, such as a book sitting on a table. Elastic potential energy is the required energy to stretch or compress a solid or liquid.
Give an example of gravitational potential energy?
a book sitting up on a shelf. gravity can potentionally pull it down if pushed.
A squirrel running up a tree and sitting on a branch shows what kind of energy conversation?
Kinetic energy converting to gravitational potential energy
Is gravitational energy the same as gravitational potential energy?
It is a type of potential energy, but there are other types of potential energy, too.
