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Mechanical Energy . By: Joey Luciani, Kris Thomas, Annie Trotta,and Leora Bernard . Explanation. Mechanical energy is an energy where anything is moving an example is a hamster spinning a wheel . Example 1.
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Mechanical Energy By: Joey Luciani, Kris Thomas, Annie Trotta,and Leora Bernard
Explanation • Mechanical energy is an energy where anything is moving an example is a hamster spinning a wheel
Example 1 • One example is a moving baseball. It posses mechanical energy due to both its high speed and vertical position above the ground.
Example 2 • Another example of mechanical energy is an arrow flying threw the air it posses mechanical energy due to its speed.
Example 3 • One more example of mechanical energy is moving water such as a river, stream or water fall.
Places where you can learn more • http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/energy/u5l1d.html • http://www.cpast.org/Articles/fetch.adp?topicnum=27 • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/371844/mechanical-energy