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A pendulum will lose energy in two ways: 1. by friction with the air, 2. by friction in its supporting bearing. Both these energy losses will produce heat.
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When a pendulum reaches the end of its swing' the energy within the pendulum is of what sort?
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Is in a pendulum at the top of a swing chemical energy?
No, it is not a chemical form of energy.
How is energy converted as a pendulum swing?
From potential to kinetic and back again - with every swing.
When a pendulum swings the size of the swing gradually reduces with time until the pendulum stops explain how this can be possible if energy is conserved?
Energy is conserved in an isolated system, meaning since energy cannot be created or destroyed, the amount of energy in the system is the same. The point is, what is the 'system' in a certain scenario. Even if the pendulum was in an isolated room, that doesn't mean the pendulum will swing forever, because energy is constsntly lost to the environment, due to the friction with the air. But while energy is lost from the pendulum, energy is gained by the surrounding air molecules (also isolated), and thus energy in the system is conserved. Eventually the pendulum's kinetic energy will be zero, having lost too much to be able to make it move.
A swinging pendulum demonstrates which type of energy?
A swinging pendulum demonstrates primarily two types of energy - kinetic energy when the pendulum is in motion, and potential energy - based on how high it is above the mid-point of the swing. If not for friction, a pendulum would continue to swing forever, with the sum of the kinetic and potential energy remaining constant but the distribution between the two constantly changing as the pendulum moved through its swings.
When pendulum stops has the kinetic energy changed to potential energy?
As the pendulum stops swinging, its maximum kinetic energy (the initial energy at the beginning of the swing) decreases, and its potential energy increases. Once the pendulum stops, it will have zero kinetic energy and maximum potential energy.
A pendulum is designed to transfer potential gravitational energy into what?
When the bob of the pendulum while moving stops at one, its Kinetic energy changes completely into potential energy and when it starts its motion again, the potential energy changes to the kinetic energy
A certain pendulum has a potential energy of 20 J when it is at the top of its swing. What is the kinetic energy?
If at the top of the swing the pendulum is STOPPED then it has zero kinetic energy.
When a pendulum reaches the end of its swing' the energy within the pendulum is of what sort?
me
When a pendulum reaches the end of its swing the energy within the pendulum is ofwhat sort?
Potential energy
What happen to simple pendulum at lowest point of its swing?
At the low point of a swinging pendulum, the type of energy being demonstrated is maximum kinetic energy. It has zero potential energy at this point of the swing.
Is in a pendulum at the top of a swing chemical energy?
No, it is not a chemical form of energy.
How is energy converted as a pendulum swing?
From potential to kinetic and back again - with every swing.
A pendulum is designed to transfer potiential gravitational energy into?
A pendulum transfers potential gravitational energy (at the top of its swing) to kinetic energy (movement at the bottom of the swing) and then back again (at the top on the other side).
How is energy transferred during a pendulum swing?
A swinging pendulum has potential energy at each end of it's travel (when it stops momentarily) This energy is converted to kinetic energy as it swings down and back to potential energy as it swings up the other way.
When a pendulum swings the size of the swing gradually reduces with time until the pendulum stops explain how this can be possible if energy is conserved?
Energy is conserved in an isolated system, meaning since energy cannot be created or destroyed, the amount of energy in the system is the same. The point is, what is the 'system' in a certain scenario. Even if the pendulum was in an isolated room, that doesn't mean the pendulum will swing forever, because energy is constsntly lost to the environment, due to the friction with the air. But while energy is lost from the pendulum, energy is gained by the surrounding air molecules (also isolated), and thus energy in the system is conserved. Eventually the pendulum's kinetic energy will be zero, having lost too much to be able to make it move.
Describe the energy conversions that take place in the pendulum?
In a pendulum, the energy transformations involve potential energy being converted to kinetic energy as the pendulum swings back and forth. At the highest point of the swing, the pendulum has maximum potential energy, which is then converted to maximum kinetic energy at the lowest point of the swing. This process continues as the pendulum oscillates, with energy being continually converted between potential and kinetic forms.
