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What happens to kinetic energy and potential energy of a car when it accelerates up a hill?
What happens to kinetic energy when your car stops at the end of the track?
It's all about energy?
The first question to ask yourself is," What stops your car?
Most people would say, "The brakes stop the car."
What happens to the brake as the car is stopped?
Due to friction, they heat up and the brake pads wear out?
What does it mean for brake pads to wear out?
The brake pads get thinner as they rub on the spinning rotor.
What causes them to get thinner?
The friction breaks the chemical bonds in the material of which they are made.
The Kinetic energy is converted into heat and used to break the bonds between the molecules in the material of which the brake pads are made.
If you push hard enough on the brake pedal, the tires will stop turning, and the car will skid to a stop. In this case, the tires will give off heat due to friction and the tires will wear thin as the chemical bonds between the molecules in the material of which they are made are broken.
Good site for explanation of brakes!
http://www.familycar.com/brakes.htm
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What happens to the potential energy as the kinetic of an object increase?
As the kinetic energy of an object increases, its potential energy decreases. This is because energy is transformed from potential to kinetic as an object gains speed or movement. The total mechanical energy of the object (the sum of kinetic and potential energy) remains constant if no external forces are acting on the object.
When did the arrow have kinetic energy?
The arrow acquires kinetic energy when it is released from the bow and begins to move through the air. At this point, the stored potential energy in the bow limbs is converted into kinetic energy as the arrow accelerates forward.
What type of energy is kinetic and potential?
Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, possessed by an object in motion. Potential energy is the energy that an object has due to its position or state, such as gravitational potential energy or elastic potential energy.
When a book falls to the floor what happens to the potential energy?
When you drop a book the original potential energy is converted into the kinetic energy, When the book hits bottom the kinetic energy is absorbed by the surface underneath and some is converted to sound energy. This maintains the law of conservation of energy. the total amount of energy in this universe is constant and remains constant. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed it can just change its form from one form to another.
Can objects mechanical energy be equal to its gravitational potential energy?
Yes. Mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy; this includes gravitational potential energy.
What happens with the potential energy when objects drops?
When an object drops, its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy as it accelerates towards the ground. As the object falls, its potential energy decreases while its kinetic energy increases until it reaches the ground, where it has no more potential energy but maximum kinetic energy.
What happens to the gravitational potential energy (GPE) of a falling object in relation to the kinetic energy (KE)?
As the object falls, its gravitational potential energy decreases while its kinetic energy increases. This is due to the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy as the object accelerates downward under the influence of gravity. At the point of impact, all the initial gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
An avalanche demonstrates what kind of energy conversion?
Gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy
When an object that is falling loose potential energy what is this transformed into?
The potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy, heat and sometimes sound.
What energy is used when skydiving?
Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy when skydiving. As the skydiver jumps from the plane, they have a high potential energy due to their height above the ground. This potential energy is then converted into kinetic energy as the skydiver accelerates towards the ground.
As an object falls the gravitational potential energy of the object is converted to what?
As an object falls, its gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. This occurs as the object accelerates due to gravity, increasing its speed and kinetic energy.
When potential energy is high, what happens to kinetic energy?
When potential energy is high, kinetic energy is low.
What is the initial transfer of energy that accelerates the rock down the side of the mountain?
Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy
What happens to an apple potential energy as it falls toward the earth?
The potential energy of the apple decreases as it falls towards the earth due to a conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy. This conversion occurs as gravitational potential energy is transformed into motion energy while the apple accelerates towards the ground.
Which example best illustrates a change from elastic potential energy to kinetic energy?
A ball dropped from a height transforms its stored elastic potential energy due to gravity into kinetic energy as it accelerates downward.
Does kinetic energy decreases as a box accelerates down an inclined plane?
Kinetic energy increases; potential energy decreases, because the object is now in motion
Is a pushed down spring kinetic energy?
No the energy stored in a compressed spring is not kinetic energy.
