Mechanical Energy
The energy used to move the toy car when you push it is mechanical energy, specifically kinetic energy. When you apply force to the car, you transfer energy from your muscles to the car, causing it to accelerate and move. This energy conversion occurs as the potential energy stored in your muscles is released during the push.
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical Energy
Mechanical Energy
It provides the original source of energy that makes the car move. Gasoline has chemical energy, that is easily converted to thermal energy and then to mechanical energy(movement), which is used to propel the car.
Heat (from friction)
When energy is used, it is converted from one form to another. For example, when a car runs, the chemical energy in the gasoline is converted to kinetic energy to move the car. Some of the energy is dissipated as heat during the conversion process.
chemical energy
mechanical energy
No, not all the energy in gasoline is used to run the car. Most of the energy is lost as heat in the engine and exhaust system, with only about 20-30% being converted into mechanical energy to move the vehicle.
Mechanical energy is not produced in a toy car. Instead, the toy car converts potential energy (stored energy) into kinetic energy (energy of motion) as it moves. The mechanical energy in the toy car comes from the energy used to make it move, not from being produced within the toy itself.
Chemical energy into mechanical energy