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Where is potential energy stored within car at rest at top of a hill?
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∙ 9y ago
Potential energy is never stored in any single place. Potential energy is related to the interaction between two or more objects - in this case, the car and the Earth.
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Energy stored in a bicycle at the top of a hill?
That is potential energy.
Does a person standing still on a hill have potential energy and how?
yes, because there is a potential that he'll move on that hill and his energy is stored while standing.
What energy is a rock on top of a hill?
Gravitational potential energy is the type of energy stored in an object if it is raised in a gravitational field. A rock on top of a hill is a good example of this as it has a higher potential energy than a rock at the bottom of a hill.
What is potentential energy?
Potential Energy is exactly as it sounds, right now, i am using my potential Energy to use chemical energy stored in my body and converting it into kinetic energy to type this sentence, i am also using potential energy in converting chemical energy again into electrical energy in my brain to think about what i am typing. potential energy is when energy is stored somewhere in some form for release... a stone lying on the floor has very little or no potential energy, if i pick it up i have just loaded it with the potential energy that it will emit when i drop it in the form of kinetic (because it moves) and Sound Energy (because it'll make a noise when it hits the floor) and trace amounts of heat energy because of friction ect...Hope that helps
Riding a bike down a hill is comparable to which type of process?
Turning potential energy into kinetic energy. As you ride down the hill the potential energy you stored in your mass on the way up is converted into kinetic energy. That's why you speed up as you go down a hill and also why it's harder to go uphill.
Energy stored in a bicycle at the top of a hill?
That is potential energy.
What form of energy is stored in a rock before its fall from a hill?
Potential energy is the energy stored in a rock before its fall from a hill.
Does a person standing still on a hill have potential energy and how?
yes, because there is a potential that he'll move on that hill and his energy is stored while standing.
What energy is a rock on top of a hill?
Gravitational potential energy is the type of energy stored in an object if it is raised in a gravitational field. A rock on top of a hill is a good example of this as it has a higher potential energy than a rock at the bottom of a hill.
Is rolling down a hill potential or kinetic energy?
Yes, because potential energy is energy stored but kinetic is energy in motion.
What is the importance of Current Electricity?
Have you heard of the terms potential energy and kinetic energy? Potential energy means energy that is stored somehow for use in the future. A car at the top of a hill has potential energy, because it has the potential (or ability) to roll down the hill in future. When it's rolling down the hill, its potential energy is gradually converted into kinetic energy (the energy something has because it's moving). You can read more about this in our article on energy.
The ability to work is called?
Energy. Potential energy is like stored energy: ready-to go. (a cart at the top of a roller coaster hill has a lot of potential energy) Kinetic energy is moving energy: in-motion. (when that cart goes speeding down the hill)
When a ball stops moving does it lose its energy?
It loses it's kinetic energy, the energy of motion. If it were logded against a rock on a hill, it has potential energy stored because of it's position on the hill.
Would you type a paragraph on stored mechanical energy?
no, but you can have this, the first bit is mine, the rest is more or less straight from wikipedia: stored mechanical energy refers to the potential energy stored within a mechanical system, the next part is about potential energy. Potential energy is energy that is stored within a system. It exists when there is a force that tends to pull an object back towards some lower energy position. This force is often called a restoring force. For example, when a spring is stretched to the left, it exerts a force to the right so as to return to its original, unstretched position. Similarly, when a mass is lifted up, the force of gravity will act so as to bring it back down. The initial action of stretching the spring or lifting the mass both require energy to perform. The energy that went into lifting up the mass is stored in its position in the gravitational field, while similarly, the energy it took to stretch the spring is stored in the metal. According to the principle of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed; hence this energy cannot disappear. Instead, it is stored as potential energy. If the spring is released or the mass is dropped, this stored energy will be converted into kinetic energy by the restoring force, which is elasticity in the case of the spring, and gravity in the case of the mass. Think of a roller coaster. When the coaster climbs a hill it has potential energy. At the very top of the hill is its maximum potential energy. When the car speeds down the hill potential energy turns into kinetic. Kinetic energy is greatest at the bottom.
What is potentential energy?
Potential Energy is exactly as it sounds, right now, i am using my potential Energy to use chemical energy stored in my body and converting it into kinetic energy to type this sentence, i am also using potential energy in converting chemical energy again into electrical energy in my brain to think about what i am typing. potential energy is when energy is stored somewhere in some form for release... a stone lying on the floor has very little or no potential energy, if i pick it up i have just loaded it with the potential energy that it will emit when i drop it in the form of kinetic (because it moves) and Sound Energy (because it'll make a noise when it hits the floor) and trace amounts of heat energy because of friction ect...Hope that helps
What a potential energy?
Potential energy means "Stored Energy". When you stretch a rubber band, you're giving it a potential energy. Also a great example my teacher gave us was when a roller coaster is at the very top of a hill, it has potential energy. As it falls it becomes kinetic energy.
What is potintiel energy?
Potential energy is "stored energy" because of its position in space. For example, a car parked at the top of a hill, or the water behind a dam.
