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Potential elastic energy
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When a rubber band is stretched what kind of energy is it?
When a rubber band is stretched, it has potential energy. Any type of stored energy is known as potential energy.
What kind of energy does a slinky have?
energy that is stored in the spring when it is compressed.energy is stored in the spring when it is stretched.
What kind of energy does a rubber band have when its stretched?
it is elastic potential energy
When a rubber band is stretched what kind of energy does it have?
it is elastic potential energy
What is the energy stored in an object that is not moving?
Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object, and can be changed into kinetic, or other forms of energy. There are many types, such as Elastic Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy.
Compressed springs are what kind of energy?
The potential energy of a spring is defined by this equation: U=.5kx2 U= potential energy (in joules) k= the spring constant x= the displacement of the spring from equilibrium. (the amount that the spring is stretched or compressed) This equation tells us that as a spring is compressed by a distance x, the potential energy increases proportionately to x2
Is it gravitational energy in the spring of a jack in the box?
No. A spring has ANOTHER kind of potential energy.
What kind of energy is in compressed springs and stretched rubber bands?
Potential Energy. If the springs or rubber bands are released, the potential energy will become kinetic energy.
What type of energy do both a stretched rubber band and a compressed spring have?
Stretching a rubber band is like moving a brick from the floor to the table top. To get it there, you have to apply a force (to overcome gravity) for a certain distance (the height of the table). The gravitation potential energy is equal to the force times the distance.The rubber band is a little different, as the force increases the more you stretch it - but it is storing potential energy just the same. It's called elastic potential energy.
What type of energy is a stretched catapult?
The kind of potential energy in a catapult is known as elastic potential energy. The potential energy that is in the catapult is used when you activate the catapult and the rock (or any kind of ammo) fires.
What kind of energy does a wound clock spring have?
It can be described in several ways, but elastic potential energy is the most useful.
How is energy stored in a compressed spring?
The matter in a spring is in a form that wants to bend back into shape when bent. This is called elasticity. When you compress the spring, it wants to spread itself out again, but because you won't let it, it has that energy stored inside of it, waiting to be used. This kind of energy is called potentail energy. Potential energy can exist for two main reasons... if something is above the ground and something is stopping it from falling, it will have potential enrgy. The energy it had to fall is waiting to be used as movement or kinetic energy. This is gravitational potential energy. The spring had potential energy of postion, so the position it was in had potential energy. When you release he spring, it will let out the enrg as movement. The farther you compress the spring, the more energy it will have.
