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Radiant Energy is not potential energy. They are two different things. Radiant energy is another word to say light energy. Potential energy is when an object not moving. To be specific, an object sitting on a shelf collects kinetic energy so when you knock it over, it falls because of gravity.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoChemical and thermal are two types of potential energy, but light isn't because
light is just basically the same as thermal energy!
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Answer #2:
If I read the first answer correctly, thermal is potential energy in the first half
of the sentence, but by the second half, thermal is so NOT potential energy
that something else just like it isn't either.
In MHO, heat and light are both very closely related forms of the same thing ...
electromagnetic radiation ... and they're not potential energy. If they soak
into something ... whether it's a solid, a liquid, or a gas ... and its temperature
rises, then there's more thermal energy in there, and I guess you could say that
it's potential energy, because if you play your Carnot and your Stirling right, you
can use it to do work for you.
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∙ 13y agoIt is.
It is the kinetic energy of the individual atoms in what ever is hot.
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∙ 11y agoIt is both. Thermal energy is kinetic energy when molecules vibrate to create more heat.
Thermal energy is potential energy when energy is stored within the molecules to vibrate.
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∙ 12y agoNo. Heat is generally considered to be kinetic energy.
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True or false To maintain your body temperature your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy?
It is true that to maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy. Thermal energy is energy that comes from heat.
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of a substance?
thermal
Combustion potential chemical energy is transformed mostly into?
Thermal Energy
When a match is burned chemical potential energy is converted to thermal and what energy?
radient energy
When fossil fuels are burned their chemical potential energy is converted into?
thermal energy.
What is potential thermal energy?
Thermal potential energy is energy that is formed by heat and the sun.
Which type of energy refers to the sum of potential and kinetic energies in the particles substance?
Thermal energy A+++
The energy stored in gasoline is?
A type of chemical energy.
To maintain your body temperature your converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy true or false?
It is true that to maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy. Thermal energy is energy that comes from heat.
Which internal energy source produces heat by converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy?
Which internal energy source produces heat by converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy?
True or false To maintain your body temperature your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy?
It is true that to maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy. Thermal energy is energy that comes from heat.
How are thermal energy and the kenetic energy related?
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of all the molecules in an object is the thermal energy
How are kenetic energy and thermal energy related?
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of all the molecules in an object is the thermal energy
What increases when an object becomes warmer chemical energy elastic potential energy nuclear energy or thermal energy?
thermal energy
Is heat the transfer of potential energy?
No. Heat is thermal energy
The sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the molecules of a substance?
thermal
What forms of energy are chemical?
electrical energy, thermal energy, and potential energy
