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What happens when seismic energy is released as rocks in Earth's crust breaks and moves?
When rocks break and tilt or slide down the break and move, energy is released in the form of seismic waves. Sometimes we feel this release as an earthquake. It is basically an earthquake, but it can also cause a tidal wave or even a tsunami.
What causes colliding plates?
tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another
What would be triggered by an earthquake?
A tsunami mud slide land slide etc
Can waves travel in a solid?
yes____________________________Earthquake waves travel through solid rock in the earth's crust when two techtonic plates collide with eavh other or slide past each other------------------------------------------------Another contributor continued:-- Bang on one end of a steel beam, with a hammer or a stick, and your partner on the other end of the beam will definitely hear it.-- That's how earthquakes travel from one place to another, and are detected thousands of miles away.-- If waves didn't travel through solids, it wouldn't do any good to knock on a door !
How are earthquakes triggered?
Normally, tectonic plates regularly slide against each other imperceptibly and we are not aware of it, except for scientists that measure these "mini-quakes" with seismometers. However, when two (or more) tectonic plates get stuck they build up pressure where they are in contact with each other. They are kept from moving by friction but eventually the friction is not enough to stop them from moving. When the plates finally do slide, it releases a large amount of stored energy caused seismic waves. Those waves travel up to the surface and cause the ground to shake. Because the pressure is relieved suddenly, they slide quickly and then stop just as quickly causing (at minimum) two large shakes on the surface; one for the forward movement and one by the sudden stop. There may be multiple small quakes that follow as the plates complete adjusting until the friction is low enough to allow them to stop. This is true whether the quake is caused by the two plates either moving via strike-slip (sliding by each other sideways) or subduction - also known as thrust - (one sliding under the other). Note that 90% of an earthquake's energy is turned into heat rather than movement and never reaches the surface at all. A mighty good thing for us! Volcanoes can also produce earthquakes. As magma begins to rise to the surface and crustal rock melts it changes the stresses of the whole area surrounding the volcano.
What energy is at the top of a slide?
At the top of a slide, potential energy is most prevalent. This potential energy is accumulated as a result of the height of the slide and can be converted into kinetic energy as the object slides down.
What energy is used as you climb up the slide?
Mechanical energy, because you are moving. Also your potential energy gains, as you go up higher
When you begin to slide down a slide kinetic energy is converted into energy of motion is this true or false?
True. As you start sliding down a slide, your potential energy is being converted into kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion.
If you slide a crate across the floor kinetic energy is converted to thermal energy as it comes to rest. Why will adding thermal energy to a stationary crate not cause it to move?
# cos nothing is converting it to kinetic energy # if you add enough thermal energy the box will burn and "move" :)
When does a child on a slide have its maximum kinetic energy?
If the slide has no friction, then at the bottom of the slide. If it does then it's when the child is going the fastest.
What energy transformation is going down a slide?
The energy transformation going down a slide involves potential energy being converted to kinetic energy. As you move from the top of the slide, where you have more potential energy due to your height, to the bottom where you have more kinetic energy due to your moving speed, energy is being transformed from one form to another.
If friction can cause heat to be released letting a cord slide quickly through your hands will cause?
Friction between the cord and your hands can generate heat when the cord slides quickly through your hands. This heat is a result of the kinetic energy being converted to thermal energy due to the frictional forces acting between the cord and your hands.
Marcus is sliding down a slide Because he is moving he has kinetic energy In what form did this energy exist just before Marcus started moving down the slide?
Potential energy. Potential energy is energy due to position of an object. So as he goes down the slide the potential energy is being converted to kinetic energy until he reaches the bottom.
Is a child on his way down a playground slide kinetic or potential energy?
As a child slides down a playground slide, they primarily exhibit kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion. At the top of the slide, the child has potential energy due to their height. As they descend, potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, increasing their speed until they reach the bottom.
What energy do you possess as you stop at the top of the slide?
gravitational potential energy
Can a water slide produce thermal energy with friction?
Yes, a water slide can produce thermal energy through friction. As riders slide down the slide, the friction between their bodies and the slide surface generates heat energy. This heat energy increases the temperature of the slide and the water running down it.
What energy transformation taking place child on the slide?
As the child goes down the slide, potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. The potential energy from the child's height is gradually transformed into motion as they slide down. Frictional forces and air resistance may also play a role in dissipating some of this energy as heat.
