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Rubber bands are elastic due to their molecular structure, which consists of long polymer chains that can be stretched and then return to their original position when the force is released. This elasticity allows the rubber band to stretch and contract repeatedly without deforming or breaking.
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Which of the following items is also called an elastic?
A rubber band is also called an elastic.
Which object has elastic potential energy?
A stretched rubber band has elastic potential energy, which is stored when the rubber band is stretched and can be released when it is allowed to contract back to its original shape.
What is one way you can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band?
You can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band by stretching it further from its natural length. This will cause the rubber band to store more potential energy as elastic potential energy increases with the amount of stretch applied.
What would happen to a rubber band when weight is added to the band?
The rubber band would stretch and elongate as the weight pulls on it, storing elastic potential energy. If the weight is too heavy, the rubber band may reach its elastic limit and eventually break.
Why type of energy does a rubber band have when it is stretched?
When a rubber band is stretched, it has elastic potential energy. This energy is stored in the rubber band as a result of the deformation of its shape.
Is a rubber band a synonym for elastic strain?
yes.......................it is a stretchy elastic rubber band
Which of the following items is also called an elastic?
A rubber band is also called an elastic.
Is there energy in a rubber band?
If a rubber band is stretched, it has elastic energy.
Which object has elastic potential energy?
A stretched rubber band has elastic potential energy, which is stored when the rubber band is stretched and can be released when it is allowed to contract back to its original shape.
How can a rubber band model elastic energy?
You can treat the rubber band as a spring. Ve=1/2*k*x2Where Ve is the elastic potential energy stored in the rubber band, k is the spring constant for the rubber band (can be calculated experimentally), and x is the distance the rubber band is stretched.
What would you need to do to a rubber band to increase its elastic potential energy?
Stretch the rubber band.
When you wind a rubber band on a toy airplane types of energy does the rubber band have?
Elastic Potential energy
What rhymes with great rubber band?
fantastic elastic
What is rubber band energy?
Elastic potential energy
What is one way you can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band?
You can increase the elastic potential energy of a rubber band by stretching it further from its natural length. This will cause the rubber band to store more potential energy as elastic potential energy increases with the amount of stretch applied.
What would happen to a rubber band when weight is added to the band?
The rubber band would stretch and elongate as the weight pulls on it, storing elastic potential energy. If the weight is too heavy, the rubber band may reach its elastic limit and eventually break.
Why type of energy does a rubber band have when it is stretched?
When a rubber band is stretched, it has elastic potential energy. This energy is stored in the rubber band as a result of the deformation of its shape.
