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Why not all potential energy is converted to kinetic energy in roller coaster?
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∙ 11y ago
Because some of it is converted into heat due to friction.
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When rolling downhill a rollar coasters potential energy is converted?
Yes. At the top of the hill, the potential energy is at a maximum. As the coaster is rolling down the hill, the potential energy (or energy due to the coaster's position or height), is converted into kinetic energy (as the roller coaster is rushing downhill). Hope this helps, physicsisland@hotmail.com
Is potential energy was converted to kinetic energy?
It CAN be converted to kinetic energy, but it won't always do so.
When does a coaster have a large amount of Kinetic Energy and when does it have a large amount of Potential Energy?
The coaster have a large amount of potential energy when it gain height, kinetic energy when it gain speed instead.
What happen to the potential energy of an object as it falls?
It is tranferred/converted into kinetic energy (DECREASES)
If the kinetic energy of the coaster goes up What happen to the potential energy?
uh, down? (yes, down) The potential energy, as in a compressed spring, goes to zero as the spring is released. The potential energy (sort of) becomes the kinetic energy. (Now, I'm sure that that statement could get an argument in the physics study room in the science building, but it'll get you by...)
When there is friction on a roller coaster some of the potential energy is not converted into?
Kinetic Energy.
What energy is in a roller coaster?
Potential energy is used when going up hill on a roller coaster. When it starts gong down the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
When rolling downhill a rollar coasters potential energy is converted?
Yes. At the top of the hill, the potential energy is at a maximum. As the coaster is rolling down the hill, the potential energy (or energy due to the coaster's position or height), is converted into kinetic energy (as the roller coaster is rushing downhill). Hope this helps, physicsisland@hotmail.com
Potential energy is frequently converted to kinetic energy. Kinetic energy?
can be converted to potential energy.
When there is friction on a roller coaster some of the potential energy is NOT converted into kinetic energy. It is also converted into?
When you give your dog energy bites it keeps he/she stronger and with a better heart.
When there is friction on a roller coaster some of the potential energy is not converted into Kinetic energy it is also converted into ...?
When you give your dog energy bites it keeps he/she stronger and with a better heart.
What is usually the highest point on a roller coaster?
The top of the first hill. This is where the coaster has its greatest amount of potential energy which is converted to kinetic energy as it moves along the track.
What is the relationship between motion and energy in a roller coaster?
Upward motion on a roller coaster converts kinetic energy into potential energy. Downward motion converts potential energy into kinetic energy. Forward motion is a result of excess potential enegy converted into kinetic energy that cannot be expended while falling.
How does something turn from kinetic energy to potential energy?
kinetic energy is energy in motion. potential is like a roller coaster you start at the bottom and go up to highest point of the coaster and yougain potential energy as you move to the highest point of the coaster and when you go down the peak point the potential energy the coaster was gaining is transferred to kinetic energy.
What happens to gravitational potential energy as a roller coaster moves down hill?
Yes. As the car goes down the hill, the potential energy decreases and the kinetic energy increases. However, not all of the potential energy becomes kinetic energy. Some of it is lost to heat and sound energy.
What happens to potential energy that is not converted to kinetic energy?
If potential energy is not converted into kinetic energy (or into any other type of energy) then it remains potential. Potential energy does not expire.
Is potential energy was converted to kinetic energy?
It CAN be converted to kinetic energy, but it won't always do so.
