Apex- 588,000 J
Well - energy Is measured in joules - one joule of energy is required to lift one kg by one meter - do the maths and your answer is
2000x30=60000 joules
Unfortunately you can't get all of that energy - thing like friction and voscous drag get in the way. Nasty that. . . .
Yes, More potential energy yES
2000 * 30 * 9,8 joule764400 joule
The potential energy will double too.
Is it changing from kinetic energy to potential energy
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Potential energy is "stored energy" because of its position in space. For example, a car parked at the top of a hill, or the water behind a dam.
I'm assuming you mean the big rigs, 18 wheelers. They usually consume diesel fuel. Also, when they are moving they possess Kinetic Energy and while parked on a hill they possess Potential Energy.
Any object which is moving from a lower level to a higher level is converting kenetic energy (ie climbing a set of stairs for example) to potential energy. A car which has been parked at the top of a hill has used kenetic enegry to get up there and has potential to roll down to the bottom of the hill if the brake is released.
A rock on top of a hill has potential energy, not kinetic energy. If it starts rolling down the hill then the potential energy transforms to kinetic energy.
the object has a potential energy relative to , for example, the bottom of the hill, or the bottom of the slide.