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When you hit a nail into a board using a hammer the head of the nail gets warm in terms of kinetic and thermal energy describe why you think this happens?
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∙ 12y ago
The kinetic energy transfers from the hammer to the nail. The molecules inside the nail move rapidly and create heat.
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Is thermal energy the same as kinetic energy?
No, thermal is a kind of kinetic energy.
What Can cause kinetic energy to change to thermal energy?
Friction can cause kinetic energy to change into thermal energy
What happens to the motion of molecules of matter when an object gains or loses thermal energy?
Increasing temperature means increased kinetic energy on the atomic or molecular level. Temperature of a given substance is the average kinetic energy of the particles of which that substance is composed.
When you add thermal energy to a system what will happens to the kinetic energy of the molecules within the system?
if you add a thermal energy to a system then it will happens nothing because u dont no anything
How does a contracting protostar convert gravitational energy into thermal energy?
Sliding friction tends to convert kinetic energy into thermal energy, thermal energy being heat, kinetic energy being movement.
Is thermal energy the same as kinetic energy?
No, thermal is a kind of kinetic energy.
How is kinetic energy is related to thermal energy?
kinetic energy is related to thermal energy because thermal energy is basically full of kinetic energy due to all the particles in motion.
How is thermal energy related to kinetic energy?
kinetic energy is related to thermal energy because thermal energy is basically full of kinetic energy due to all the particles in motion.
What can cause kinetic energy to change into thermal energy?
Friction can cause kinetic energy to change into thermal energy
What Can cause kinetic energy to change to thermal energy?
Friction can cause kinetic energy to change into thermal energy
When there is more kinetic energy what happens to the thermal energy and temperature?
Molecules with a high temperature typically have a greater kinetic energy when compared to those with a lower temperature
What Explain what happens to the average kinetic energy, thermal energy, and temperature of a substance when the particles in the substance slow down.?
The particles in a substance slow down when the average kinetic energy of the particles decreases. As the average kinetic energy decreases, the internal energy decreases, and so the thermal energy decreases. As the thermal energy of the substance decreases, the temperature decreases.
Is thermal energy a type of kinetic energy?
yes it is a kinetic energy. yes it is a kinetic energy.
What happens to the motion of molecules of matter when an object gains or loses thermal energy?
Increasing temperature means increased kinetic energy on the atomic or molecular level. Temperature of a given substance is the average kinetic energy of the particles of which that substance is composed.
Describe an energy conversion involving chemical energy?
The chemical energy of food is converted into kinetic energy when you are active, and thermal to maintain body temperature.
When you add thermal energy to a system what will happens to the kinetic energy of the molecules within the system?
if you add a thermal energy to a system then it will happens nothing because u dont no anything
How are thermal energy and temperature alike?
If you increase temperature you increase thermal energy.If you double the amount you have the temperature does not change but the thermal energy does.Temperature and thermal energy are the same since they both use kinetic energy. Temperature uses the thermal energy when the heat measures the average of the kinetic energy. The thermal energy uses the kinetic energy, when it's averged together with the kinetic enery and the others to make the thermal energy.==========================Answer #2:Wow !Temperature is to thermal energy as depth is to water.
