physics chemistry
MECHANICAL ENERGY 

 

KINETIC ENERGY + POTENTIAL ENERGY = MECHANICAL ENERGY

ROLLER COASTER - ENERGY EXCHANGE

 

 

Description: The flash animation and the video show the transfer of energy from a roller coaster cart.


Definition
Kinetic energy : Energy that a body possesses due to its movement.
Mechanical energy : Energy defined as the sum of the other two, kinetic + potential.

 

flash animation      

 

 

 

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