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What is an example of elastic potential energy and kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is energy in an object because of its motion. For example, a rubber band that is stretched has elastic potential energy, because when released, the rubber band will spring back toward its resting state, transferring the potential energy to kinetic energy in the process.
What are 5 examples of elastic potential energy?
What is elastic potential energy?
- The coil spring of a wind-up clock.
- An archer’s stretched bow.
- A bent diving board, just before a divers jump.
- The twisted rubber band which powers a toy airplane.
- A bouncy ball, compressed at the moment it bounces off a brick wall.
What types of energy make up elastic potential energy?
Elastic potential energy is due to an object’s shape. It results when an elastic object is stretched or compressed. The more it is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is. Chemical energy and nuclear energy are other forms of potential energy.
What is a real life example of elastic potential energy?
Bow & Arrow When an archer pulls back the bowstring, some amount of elastic potential energy is gained by the flexible limbs of the bow. The more an archer pulls back, the more potential energy will be gained by the limbs of the bow due to stretching.
What is an example of potential energy to kinetic energy?
A rock sitting on the edge of a cliff. If the rock falls, the potential energy will be converted to kinetic energy, as the rock will be moving. A stretched elastic string in a longbow.
What is elastic potential energy give an example?
Elastic Potential Energy. This is the energy stored by a material or object as a result of deformation e.g. the energy stored in a bow when it is stretched. Elastic potential energy is equal to the work done to stretch or deform the material. An Olympic archer applies a force of 100N in pulling back her bow by 0.5m.
What is an example of gravitational potential energy in physics?
A simple example would be throwing a ball upwards. As it slows, it loses kinetic energy but gains height… gravitational potential energy. Anything going upwards gains gravitational PE. A more complcated example would be the Moon going away from the Earth.
What is an example of kinetic and potential energy?
Let’s use another example: Imagine there is a book on a table. When the book is at rest, it has potential energy. But when you accidentally knock it off the table, this potential energy will turn into kinetic energy while the book falls since it’s in motion.
Which is an example of potential energy stored in the body?
A rock which rests at the top of the cliff said to be an example of the body possessing potential energy. When the rock falls, it possesses kinetic energy. The energy which is stored in a body because of the elevation is called gravitational potential energy.