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Why does a ball sitting on a shelf have gravitational potential energy?
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∙ 6y ago
Because potential energy is directly proportional to all the factors that yield it's value.
Potential Energy = mass * gravitational acceleration * height
So, with everything else being constant increasing the height will increase the potential energy.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe ball in the higher position will have more potential energy.
Maliha Pennerman
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∙ 12y agoThe ball held over your head has more height, so it has more potential energy.
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∙ 6y agoIt takes energy to push the ball up; and in principle, energy can be recovered when it is brought down. Therefore it has potential energy.
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∙ 6y agoBecause it can fall down
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What is the definiton of gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy is a type of energy that an object possesses because of where it is placed in a gravitational field. The higher the object the more energy it has, so if you had an object that was on the ground and then you put it on a high shelf then it would have more energy when it is on the shelf.
A trophy sitting on a shelf demonstrates energy?
potential
How can you change the gravitational potential energy of an object?
Put it on a higher shelf. Or a lower one.
What types of energy occur when a box is picked up and placed on a shelf?
Picking up the box gives it kinetic energy. When the box is sitting on the shelf, it has potential energy.
Can you give me an example of a potential energy?
Potential energy is energy of an object due to its location or the effect of forces which are "locked" in place. One example is a book on a shelf: it has gravitational potential energy which is realised when it falls. Another is a stretched spring whose potential energy is realised when the spring is allowed to return to its normal length.
Does a book sitting on a shelf have gravitational potential energy?
YES!
When a book is moved from a higher shelf to a lower shelf what changes?
Gravitational potential energy
Give an example of gravitational potential energy?
a book sitting up on a shelf. gravity can potentionally pull it down if pushed.
What is the definiton of gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy is a type of energy that an object possesses because of where it is placed in a gravitational field. The higher the object the more energy it has, so if you had an object that was on the ground and then you put it on a high shelf then it would have more energy when it is on the shelf.
A trophy sitting on a shelf demonstrates energy?
potential
When an object is moved from the bottom shelf to the top shelf its gravitational potential energy has?
Increased
How can you the amount of potential energy in a book sitting on a bookshelf?
Place it on a higher shelf. If it has to stay on the same shelf, then its potential energy can only be increased by adding some pages to it.
How can you change the gravitational potential energy of an object?
Put it on a higher shelf. Or a lower one.
A nine letter word for the type of chemical energy for a car battery sitting on a shelf?
potential energy
Which type of energy is being converted into kinetic energy as a marble falls from a shelf?
Gravitational Potential Energy, also known as GPE.
What types of energy occur when a box is picked up and placed on a shelf?
Picking up the box gives it kinetic energy. When the box is sitting on the shelf, it has potential energy.
Is a book sitting on the top shelf potential energy?
A book, no matter where it sits, is an organized and bound assembly of paper with information stored on it. The book has some mass, and like any mass, its gravitational potential energy relative to the floor can be defined in terms of its mass and its distance above the floor.
