2006-09-11 19:56:50 · 15 answers · asked by kcpadhy2004 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
the energy is burned in the form of calories in your body. If the rock was moveable, you wouldn't burn that many calories, but some of the energy would be used to move the rock. There are different types of energy here, resistance, inertia, and caloric energy. They are all independant of each other, so you have to calculate them differently. I might be totally off on this but am willing to relearn..it's beena whiile since i took physics.
2006-09-11 20:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your asking for school, make sure to let people know this because there are common (fallicious) assumptions that you have to make with newtonian physics.
The classical answer to this question is pretty bad because it neglects that work can be performed on a surface which is not completely rigid. So in reality you are performing work on the ground, the air, and the rock! Due to the second law of thermodyamics you will have energy transferred into sound, and heat from friction interactions. Now you specified that this is happening with a living being so to understand the energy transfer you have to understand the biochemistry and thermodynamics which are involved in turning carbohydrates and lipids in electrical energy. And every energy transfer involves the second law of thermo. so youll have more heat and sound produced or absorbed.
I know you want a simple answer but this is a deep question.
2006-09-12 03:13:57 · answer #2 · answered by Richardicus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The energy spent is partially returned in the resistance of the rock to your hands (or whatever body part you're using to push the rock), and the rest is transferred to the atmosphere in the form of heat (the result of your body doing the work).
2006-09-12 03:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by Drew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turns into heat. Like, your muscles will get warm, the rock will heat up a little, and the surface the rock is resting on will get hotter.
2006-09-12 03:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by Sinai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The energy is transfered in the opposite direction.
2006-09-12 03:02:50 · answer #5 · answered by Just enquiring/ inquiring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is exerted back into your body in the form of resistance, if you push on the rock long enough you'll tire out eventually.
2006-09-12 02:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by PuFfy BrOwN RaBiT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is transferd to the rock and once the rock builds up enough energy it blows up
2006-09-12 03:06:53 · answer #7 · answered by sg1alias 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when energy is applied on a body it changes the relative position of the molecules. and so this energy gets used up in this process.
2006-09-12 07:57:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The energy spent has made its impact on the object with which you tried.
2006-09-12 03:04:35 · answer #9 · answered by Best Answer Expert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is lost in the form of perspiration from the skin and calories consumed are spent. If more calories are lost than were consumed, the person loses weight.
2006-09-12 03:09:58 · answer #10 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋