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Just about as much as it had potential energy before it started falling - since most of the potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy. The exact amount depends from how high it falls.

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Energy transformation when a book hits the floor?

When a book hits the floor, the potential energy of the book is transformed into kinetic energy as it falls. Upon impact, some of the kinetic energy is converted into sound and heat energy, resulting in the book coming to a stop.


What happens to kinetic energy of a falling book when the book hits the floor?

turns into vibration and heat energy.


What form of energy does a book have once it reaches the floor from falling off a high shelf?

The book has kinetic energy as it falls towards the floor. When it hits the floor, some of this kinetic energy will be converted into sound energy and some into thermal energy due to the impact.


What happen to the kinetic energy of a falling book when the book hits the floor?

when book is dropped from the height its kinetic goes on increasing and the sudden stop to the book when it touches the ground all the kinetic energy of the book is converted into potential energy of the book which helps the book to be stable after the impact, in short when the book hits the ground kinetic energy is converted to potential energy due to law conservation of energy.


What is the energy conversion of a falling bag hitting the floor?

When a falling bag hits the floor, the potential energy of the bag due to its height above the ground is converted into kinetic energy as it falls. Upon impact with the floor, some of this kinetic energy is dissipated as sound and heat 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.


What would the energy changes be if a book falling off a shelf and hitting the ground?

When a book falls off a shelf and hits the ground, its potential energy is converted to kinetic energy as it falls. When it hits the ground, some of the kinetic energy is converted into sound and heat energy due to the impact.


What type of energy transforms when a ball rolling off a table top and bouncing on floor until it stops?

The potential energy of the ball (due to its position on the table) transforms into kinetic energy as it rolls off the table and falls. When the ball hits the floor, some of the kinetic energy transforms into elastic potential energy as the ball compresses and then rebounds. Finally, friction and air resistance gradually dissipate the ball's kinetic energy into thermal energy, causing it to stop.


What device that transforms gravitational energy to kinetic energy?

Anything that falls. Some examples are: -- A waterfall -- A ball rolling down a hill -- A sailplane, when it is NOT climbing in a thermal -- Any pendulum, when it is moving TOWARD the center of its swing -- Anything you drop. The gravitational potential that it has relative to the floor while you're holding it in your hand is exactly the kinetic energy it has when it hits the floor.


What type of energy transforms when a ball rolling off a table bouncing on the floor until it stops?

when the ball is rolling off the table the ball currently has only Kinetic Energy (KE=1/2*mass*velocity^2). When it is falling of the table it both potential energy(PE=mass*gravity*height) and kinetic energy. The potential energy is basically the energy that gravity can "potentially" can act on it and the kinetic energyis the speed of the ball at that time. It has Kinetic Energy in both the x and they y directions. The velocity in the x direction is from the speed that the ball had before it fell of the table - the force of wind resistance. The velocity in the y direction is the speed that is gained from gravity. Once it hits the floor the potential energy is 0 and it only has kinetic energy. When it bonces back up it has both potential and kinetic energy again and this continues each time the ball bounces back up until it has stopped bouncing and and is only rolling The height that it bounces depends on the spring contanst of the floor


Describe a stone falling off the tabletop in terms of both kinetic energy and potential energy?

Sitting on the table the stone has potential energy, relative to the ground, of weight times height, mgh. It has zero kinetic energy so its total energy is E = 0 + mgh. When it begins falling it loses potential energy (as it loses height) and gains kinetic energy ( as it picks up speed) so the sum stays the same as initially E = KE + PE = mgh. Just before it hits the ground all of its potential energy is gone and has been transformed into kinetic energy. So the kinetic energy at the bottom (1/2)mv^2 will equal the potential energy at the top.


When a falling stone hits the ground it's kinetic energy is?

When a falling stone hits the ground, its kinetic energy is mostly converted into sound energy, heat energy, and some energy used to break pieces of the ground.