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Which form of energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy in a mass of matter that is in motion, the energy of motion. Potential energy (where mass is in a gravity field) can be converted into kinetic energy Chemical energy (of an explosion) can be converted into kinetic energy Electrical energy can be converted into kinetic energy (eg in an electric motor)
What is an example of potetial energy?
Physics talks about two different types of energy. Kinetic Energy is the energy contained in motion, which Potential Energy is the energy of position. Think about a large rock, still, stopped on the edge of a cliff. The rock has potential energy, based on its position above the ground. If you push the rock off the cliff, the rock will fall or roll down the cliff, gaining speed all the time until it hits the ground. This energy of motion is called kinetic energy. But imagine that you have a giant mattress and a big spring; the rock will hit the mattress and compress the spring, If you snap a hook on the spring when it is most compressed, you will capture the kinetic energy and re-convert it into potential energy, in this case the energy trapped in a coiled spring. Or consider a battery. The battery is still and unmoving, but it contains potential energy. If you release the potential electrical energy by running the electricity from the battery through a motor, you can convert the potential energy of the battery into the kinetic energy of the spinning motor, which may drive a fan causing air to move. Again, you convert potential energy into kinetic energy. Your battery is all drained, and you want to recharge it. So you plug your battery into a battery charger, and into the wall. Far away, in a mountain lake, water is approaching a high dam. The water, high in the mountains, has potential energy, but as it spills into the intake pipes of the dam, the water falls and converts its potential energy into kinetic energy. The racing water with lots of kinetic energy now, flows against a steel turbine with angled blades, and the rushing water transfers some of its kinetic energy of motion into the turbine's kinetic energy of spinning. Connected to a generator above, the spinning turbine strains to spin a massive generator, converting the kinetic energy of the falling water into potential energy in the electric grid. Some of that electricity makes it to your house and charges up your battery.
What is the energy change that take place when going up in a lift?
An elevator going up is increasing its potential energy. This energy and some kinetic energy to speed up the elevator in its way up comes from an electric motor that pulls the lifting cables that hold the elevator.
Is a running refrigerator motor potential or kinetic energy?
Well, isn't that a lovely question! When a refrigerator motor is running, it's using electrical energy to create movement, so that's actually kinetic energy in action. Just like when we paint with gentle brushstrokes, the motor hums along, transforming one form of energy into another to keep our food fresh and cool.
What is an example of electrical energy changing to kinetic energy?
An example of electrical energy changing to kinetic energy is the operation of an electric motor. When electricity flows through the motor, it generates a magnetic field that causes the motor to spin, converting the electrical energy into mechanical kinetic energy.
What converts electrical energy to machanical energy?
A motor. If electricity passes through it, the motor rotates(kinetic/potential energy)
What converts machanical energy to electrical energy?
A motor. If electricity passes through it, the motor rotates(kinetic/potential energy)
How do gliders transformed potential energy into Kinetic energy?
Gilders transformed Potential energy into Kinetic energy by if a Motor doesn't work the gliders would have the machine you are in just slip from potential energy (the motor) into Kinetic energy (is the energy of motion).
Which form of energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the energy in a mass of matter that is in motion, the energy of motion. Potential energy (where mass is in a gravity field) can be converted into kinetic energy Chemical energy (of an explosion) can be converted into kinetic energy Electrical energy can be converted into kinetic energy (eg in an electric motor)
What is the purpose of a motor in terms of energy?
To convert stored energy in a fuel, into motion. Potential energy into kinetic energy.
Is a running refrigerator motor a form of both kinetic and potential energy?
Yes
How do you convert electica energy to kinetic energy?
Think about a battery-powered motor. (Granted, the energy is originally chemical potential, but it is transferred to electrical potential when it comes out of the battery.)
What is an example of potetial energy?
Physics talks about two different types of energy. Kinetic Energy is the energy contained in motion, which Potential Energy is the energy of position. Think about a large rock, still, stopped on the edge of a cliff. The rock has potential energy, based on its position above the ground. If you push the rock off the cliff, the rock will fall or roll down the cliff, gaining speed all the time until it hits the ground. This energy of motion is called kinetic energy. But imagine that you have a giant mattress and a big spring; the rock will hit the mattress and compress the spring, If you snap a hook on the spring when it is most compressed, you will capture the kinetic energy and re-convert it into potential energy, in this case the energy trapped in a coiled spring. Or consider a battery. The battery is still and unmoving, but it contains potential energy. If you release the potential electrical energy by running the electricity from the battery through a motor, you can convert the potential energy of the battery into the kinetic energy of the spinning motor, which may drive a fan causing air to move. Again, you convert potential energy into kinetic energy. Your battery is all drained, and you want to recharge it. So you plug your battery into a battery charger, and into the wall. Far away, in a mountain lake, water is approaching a high dam. The water, high in the mountains, has potential energy, but as it spills into the intake pipes of the dam, the water falls and converts its potential energy into kinetic energy. The racing water with lots of kinetic energy now, flows against a steel turbine with angled blades, and the rushing water transfers some of its kinetic energy of motion into the turbine's kinetic energy of spinning. Connected to a generator above, the spinning turbine strains to spin a massive generator, converting the kinetic energy of the falling water into potential energy in the electric grid. Some of that electricity makes it to your house and charges up your battery.
An electric motor converts electrical energy to potential energy?
They don't. An electric motor is designed to convert electrical energy to kinetic energy, not the other way round. A device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy is called a generator or a dynamo. Sometimes the same device can do both things (convert in both directions), but since the device is especially optimized for one function, it may not be very good at the other one.
What type of energy is a motor?
A motor can be used to produce both types of energy, kinetic and potential. It is not in itself a form of energy. It can produce kinetic energy by driving the wheels of a car, or it can produce potential energy by charging the battery in the same car. These are only two of a myriad of examples.Depends on the type of motor. An electric motor converts electrical energy to magnetic energy to mechanical energy. A combustion engine- like a car, converts chemical energy to heat energy to mechanical energy.
What energy transformation takes place in a motor?
The word motor is used sometimes to refer to electrical motors or to internal combustion engines. In an internal combustion engine, like the engine in an automobile, the gasoline is a source of chemical energy. When the car is moving it has kinetic energy. One see then an example of the transformation of chemical to kinetic energy. If the car is driving up a hill, then there is an increase in potential energy due to the action of the motor's transformation of the chemical energy. In the process, the chemical energy is released in combustion in the cylinders. Combustion creates heat energy, so the chemical energy has been transformed into heat energy. It is the heat energy that is then transformed into kinetic energy or potential energy. In an electrical motor, the input energy is electrical. The electrical forces created inside the motor do some work to make the motor turn. If the motor turns freely, then it has only kinetic energy and the electrical energy has been converted to the kinetic energy of the rotating motor. If the motor serves to apply force (or torque) to some ofther device, then the motor is doing work and transforming its input electrical energy into some other form of energy that depends on what work the motor does. (If the motor drives a car then it transforms to kinetic energy or if it lifts a weight it transforms into potential energy.) Note that in both cases, the motor is not 100% efficient in doing work and converting energy so some heat energy must be produced in both instances. Note also that the motor may be said to produce mechanical energy which is a little vague and only means energy transformation that is seen as motion and not specifically kinetic or potential.
Difference between a generator and a motor?
A generator converts kinetic energy into electrical energy; a motor converts electrical energy into kinetic energy.
