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Potential energy is energy done to place something somewhere, against a force (not any force, it must be a so-called "conservative force", but I am only mentioning this for completeness sake). Specifically, gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has when it is raised above ground level. You need to supply energy (as work) to lift it up; in theory, this energy can be recovered if the object falls down.
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A pendulum is designed to transfer potiential gravitational energy into?
A pendulum transfers potential gravitational energy (at the top of its swing) to kinetic energy (movement at the bottom of the swing) and then back again (at the top on the other side).
What are some advantages of gravitational energy?
An advantage for gravitational energy is that gravitational energy is that it can be made/created very easily and transformed easily as well
Relationship between gravitational and potential energy?
Gravitational + Potential = 100 If you have 67 J of potential energy your gravitational energy would be 33 J.
How is gravitational potential energy different from potential energy?
It is different because gravitational potential energy is when something is getting pulled by gravity and potential energy is stored energy which means that it is not moving and the energy is not getting released as gravitational energy is.
What is the law of gravitational potential energy?
Gravitational energy is the potential energy associated with gravitational force. If an object falls from one point to another point inside a gravitational field, the force of gravity will do positive work on the object, and the gravitational potential energy will decrease by the same amount.
A pendulum is designed to transfer potiential gravitational energy into?
A pendulum transfers potential gravitational energy (at the top of its swing) to kinetic energy (movement at the bottom of the swing) and then back again (at the top on the other side).
What is the potiential energy of the 85 kg rock?
For every meter it's raised, it gains 833 more joules of gravitational potential energy.
What gives cars there potiential energy?
gravity
What are differences between potiential energy kinetic energy and thermel energy?
*Thermal
Is the sum of potiential and kinetic energy in a system called total energy?
sure
What converts potiential energy to kinetic energy?
motion of particle in conservative field.
What elastic potential energy?
Elastic potiential energy is the energy stored when an object is squeed or stretched.
What 3 thing are necessary to calculate potiential energy?
Height & weight.
What is the equation for potiential energy?
There are two kinds of potential energy: Gravitational Potential Energy and Elastic Potential Energy. Their formula's are: * Gravitational Potential Energy: Ep = m x g x h Ep = mass x gravity x height * Elastic Potential Energy: Ep = 1/2 x k x x^2 Ep = 0.5 x elastic constant x extention or compression squared
How if two vases are side by side on a shelf one could have more potiential energy?
Pressumably you are talking about gravitational potential energy. Look at the formula for gravitational potential energy: GPE = mgh Gravity will be the same for both. The mass, and the height, may be different. The vases may have different masses, and as for the height, the vases may be of a different shape, so that the center of mass of one is higher than that of the other one.
What energy transformation occurs when gasoline is burn?
The mechanical energy from the engine (with help from electrical energy from the battery), turns the potiential energy of gasoline/petrol into kinetic energy.
What do you get when you combine kinetic with potiential energy?
That would be the total energy of an object. Energy is neither created or destroyed, just converted from one form to another.
