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because it is bigger and can store more energy

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Q: Why does glucose have more potential energy than water?
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Is kinetic energy more than potential energy?

Both are forms of energy. Potential energy is the available energy that could be used and Kinetic energy is the energy actually being used. Think of Potential energy as being a high cliff with water on top. The higher the cliff the more energy available. If no water is falling though, there is noting being used, But the potential for falling water is still there. Kinetic energy is the water that actually falls.


What is a form of potential energy?

There are three main types of potential energy: elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, and chemical potential energy. Elastic potential energy is stored in objects that can either be stretched or compressed. The more the object is stretched or compressed, the more elastic potential energy it'll have.


How is potential energy used to generate electricity in a hydroelectric power plant?

Think about what happens in a hydroelectric plant. The potential energy in the water is called 'potential' because the water has a place to go-- down. As the water falls it gains more and more kinetic energy. What is the water made to do before it's released? It passes through huge turbines and it makes the turbines spin. It's the spinning of the turbines that generates electricity. The kinetic energy of the water is converted to electricity.


How is potential energy is stored?

It really depends on the type of potential energy, but basically, just keeping an object in a high energy position, against some force, will store the potential energy. For example, water has more potential energy when it is in a higher position; typically it would be kept in a high position by a dam, until the energy is needed.


How can potential energy be increased and decreased?

Potential energy is pretty much the potential for kinetic energy. The less kinetic energy there is, the more potential... On the other hand, if you need gravitational potential energy, then the higher the object is placed above the ground, the more GPE it has.

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Which has more potential energy glucose or glucose plus P?

glucose does


How might the potential energy of water in a dam be increased?

By filling the dam with more water, because by doing that it gains more gravitational potential energy which is the same as potential energy.


Does water have more chemical potential energy that octane?

No.


Is kinetic energy more than potential energy?

Both are forms of energy. Potential energy is the available energy that could be used and Kinetic energy is the energy actually being used. Think of Potential energy as being a high cliff with water on top. The higher the cliff the more energy available. If no water is falling though, there is noting being used, But the potential for falling water is still there. Kinetic energy is the water that actually falls.


How do you convert water into energy?

If you mean hydraulic energy, you don't really "convert water to energy". If the water is in a higher position, it has more energy (potential energy); when it falls down, this potential energy is converted to some other type of energy.


Does glucose contain more energy than carbon dioxide and water?

yes


What stores more potential energy one molecule of glucose or two molecules of pyruvic acid explain?

One molecule of glucose, because 2 ATPs are formed when glucose is broken down to pyruvic acid.


What contains more energy glucose or pyruvate?

glucose


Why do you need potential energy?

It might be more accurate to say that you need to understand potential energy. Whether you want it or not, potential energy exists in our Universe.Potential energy can be useful as an energy storage, for example, in a water dam. When the water is allowed to fall down, it can move turbines, generating electricity.


Why glucose is more viscous than water?

Glucose is a solid at room temperature, so it doesn't make a great deal of sense to talk about its viscosity.A solution of glucose in water is more viscous than water at the same temperature. One potential reason for this is that glucose has lots of sites to hydrogen bond with, and it's a significantly larger and heavier molecule than water is, so it diffuses more slowly.


Does oxidation of glucose yield more energy than glycogen?

No. The oxidation of glycogen yields more energy than glucose. You need to put energy in formation of the glycogen from glucose. Naturally, this energy is released, when you get get glucose from glycogen.


Is water vapor gaining or losing energy durning evaportaion?

Water vapor will have more energy than the water. Mainly, this is a kind of potential energy, related to the molecular attractions.