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A skier who has more blank energy than a skier at the bottom?
A skier at the top has more potential energy
A skier on a hill has potential energy due to?
the height of the skier.
What kind of energy would a skier have if standing at the top of a hill?
Gravitational potential energy.
How does a skier gliding down a hill illustrate the conservation of energy?
At the top of the hill, the skier possesses potential energy. As he travels down the hill, his potential energy is converted into his kinetic energy. Conservation of energy says that the skiers potential energy equals his kinetic energy further downslope (plus a little lost to heat from friction).
What is main type of energy conversion that happens as a skier goes down a hill?
potential energy
What is the energy acting on a skier at the top of the hill and ib the bottom?
Potential energy at the top and kinetic energy at the bottom.
When does the skier have the greatest potential energy?
Just standing there, a skier on the top of the mountain has potential energy. If she uses her poles to push-pull before taking off, she's building up a small amount of kinetic energy. If a skier is then moving down the mountain, his movement downward is kinetic energy which increases as his speed increases. If he or she collides with an immovable object while skiing, kinetic energy abruptly ends. If he or she takes off from the top of the mountain and an avalanche happens to hit at the same time, the kinetic energy of the avalanche engulfs the skier and overpowers the lower kinetic energy of the skier. The skier and avalanche become as if one in the kinetic force of the avalanche--until the skier collides with something or is buried, and thus is separated from the avalanche's kinetic energy which continues until the avalanche stops.
What does kind of energy does a skier traveling downhill have?
Half way down the slope, the skier has kinetic energy and potential energy. At the top of the slope, before he starts moving, he only has potential energy. At the bottom of the slope, he has only kinetic energy. This is an extremely simplified explanation, but it's probably the answer that your teacher is looking for. Hope that helps.
Describe potential energy?
Potential energy is a fundamental concept in physics and plays a crucial role in understanding the behavior of physical systems and the conservation of energy. When the conditions or positions of objects change, potential energy can be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy or thermal energy, as objects move or undergo changes in their state.
What gives the cars their potential energy?
gravity
What gives cars their potential energy?
Gravity
What energy does a skierhas at topppof a hill and coming down a hill?
When skier is at the top of mountain he had kinetic energy which is further converted in to potential energy from the time when he start skiing from the top of the mountain.
