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How is energy conserved on an amusement park ride like a pendulum swing?
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Potential energy is transformed into thermal energy and back again.
Potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy and back again.
Energy is only present when the swing is moving.
Energy is created at the highest point of the swing.
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Potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy and back again.
At the highest points the swing has maximum gravitational potential energy and minimal kinetic energy; at the lowest point it has maximum kinetic energy and minimal potential. (In reality some energy is lost to friction and air resistance and becomes thermal, so the swing slowly loses amplitude unless pushed.)
At the highest points the swing has maximum gravitational potential energy and minimal kinetic energy; at the lowest point it has maximum kinetic energy and minimal potential. (In reality some energy is lost to friction and air resistance and becomes thermal, so the swing slowly loses amplitude unless pushed.)
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