2007-01-18 11:07:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
something with mass that has no movement but will fall due to the pull of gravity is said to have potential energy(energy at rest)
2007-01-18 11:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by frozenbrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a type of potential energy Gravitational potential energy is associated in the interaction of an object with the earth It is defined to be equal to the mass of the object times the gravitational acceleration times the distance of the object from the ground
2007-01-18 19:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by superman6641 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field.
2007-01-18 19:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy that an object posseses as its potential to fall back down to earth. The more its lifted, the more gravitational potential energy it will have.
2007-01-18 19:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potential energy is the energy that is by virtue of the relative positions (configurations) of the objects within a physical system. This form of energy has the potential to change the state of other objects around it, for example, the configuration or motion.
Various forms of energy can be grouped as potential energy. Each of these forms is associated with a particular kind of force acting in conjunction with some physical property of matter (such as mass, charge, elasticity, temperature etc). For example, gravitational potential energy is associated with the gravitational force acting on object's mass; elastic potential energy with the elastic force (ultimately electromagnetic force) acting on the elasticity of a deformed object; electrical potential energy with the coulombic force; strong nuclear force or weak nuclear force acting on the electric charge on the object; chemical potential energy, with the chemical potential of a particular atomic or molecular configuration acting on the atomic/molecular structure of the chemical substance that constitutes the object; thermal potential energy with the electromagnetic force in conjunction with the temperature of the object.
2007-01-18 19:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
potentail energy from gravity is how much you'd get if you dropped it. If a book is flat on the ground, it has none, if you pick it up off the ground it has more and more the higher you lift it.
It's potentail (possible) because it's only realized if you let go.
2007-01-18 19:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by brothergoosetg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gravity exerts force and energy, thats why
2007-01-18 19:10:58 · answer #7 · answered by Stifler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋