Question

Explain how the energy of a toy car is transformed as it slides down a ramp. Give evidence that the energy of the car remains the same at all points on the ramp.

Answer 1

Answer:

as the car slides down the ramp it is in kinetic energy and when it is on the top of the ramp it is on potential energy we see that the energy is being transferred

Answer 2

At the top of a ramp, all of the energy of the car is potential: that is, it has yet to be moved but has the ability to move. As the car is sliding down the ramp, the potential energy is being transformed into kinetic energy, which reaches a maximum at halfway down the ramp. After this point, the kinetic energy begins to lessen and the potential energy begins to increase, until the car comes to a full stop, at which point kinetic energy is at zero and the potential energy is again at a maximum.