Question

What happens in terms of energy when a moving car hit a parked car causing the park card to move?

Answer 1

Its like newtons 3rd law that once in motion a outer force has to stop it

Answer 2

Answer:

The moving car transfers Kinetic Energy to the parked car

Explanation:

Options are not supplied here but I have previously answered this question in a test and these options were supplied.

A) The moving car transfers kinetic energy to the parked car.

B) Kinetic energy in the moving car disappears.

C) Kinetic energy in the parked car is created.

D) The parked car transfers kinetic energy to the moving car.

A) This option provides us with the true outcome, the moving car transfers Kinetic energy to the parked car. This is in agreement with the law of conservation of energy. A transference of energy is the outcome of this event.

B) Kinetic energy cannot disappear, this is because according to the law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor destroyed.

If energy disappears, this would imply that energy is destroyed which is not agreeable.

C) Kinetic energy in the parked car is created... Just like the option B above, and according to the above stated law, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It is also not agreeable here that energy is created.

D) Energy can be transferred but, "a parked car indicates that the car only has potential energy" and as such cannot transfer kinetic energy to the moving car since it does not possess kinetic energy.