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What is the difference between gravitational potential and elastic potential energy?
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Elastic potential energy is the amount of energy that is stored in a material that can be compressed.
One can measure the elastic potential energy in a material by the equation E = 1/2kx^2
k is the spring constant of an object. The spring constant tells you how stretchy (or elastic) a material is.
x is the distance that the object is stretched or compressed.
Gravitational energy is the potential energy between two masses with a gravitational field. Two masses will always have a gravitational pull towards each other so there is potential energy between two masses.
The gravitational energy between two objects can be modeled by the equation
E= Gm1m2 / r
G is the gravitational constant 6.67x10^-11 m^3/Kg.s^2
m1 and m2 represent the masses of the two objects
r is the distance between the two objects. The greater the distance between the two objects, the weaker the gravitational potential energy.
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What the difference between gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy?
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What is the difference between elastic force and elastic potential energy?
Elastic force is a force which you are acting on it while elastic potential energy is produced when the spring is being compressed or stretched
What do gravitational and elastic energy have in common?
They are two types of potential energy.
What is potentiol energy?
potential energy is energy that has potential to be kinetic energy. ex gravitational, elastic
What are two forms of potential energy?
In apex, the answers for 2 potential energies, the answers are Elastic, and Magnetic energy.
What are the three forms of mechanical energy?
Kinetic energy Elastic Potential energy Gravitational Potential energy.
Examples of potential energy?
unlit match a rock held in your hand.
Define elastic potential energy and gravitional potential energy?
Gravitational potential energy, is the energy an object possesses by reason of its position in a gravitational field. While elastic potential energy, 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.
What is a form of potential energy?
There are three main types of potential energy: elastic potential energy, gravitational potential energy, and chemical potential energy. Elastic potential energy is stored in objects that can either be stretched or compressed. The more the object is stretched or compressed, the more elastic potential energy it'll have.
What is energy types?
Thermal electrical radiant Nuclear potential Kinetic sound Chemical elastic Gravitational potential
How are gravitational elastic and chemical potential energy the same?
They are all types of potential energy, that is, energy that is related to the position.
Elastic energy is the total potential and kinetic energy in a system?
No. For example a falling stone is converting potential energy of gravitational attraction into kinetic energy, and there is no elastic energy.
