Through out our whole Rube Goldberg their is mechanical energy, potential energy, electric energy, and kinetic energy.
There was mechanical energy. For example, when I dropped the ball down the ramp and it was my actions that made the ball go down the ramp. This means that it’s mechanical energy. The definition of mechanical energy is in the physical sciences, mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy. It is the energy associated with the motion and position of an object.
Their was also potential energy. For example, when the electric car hit the jenga blocks and it went up an jenga block staircase and hit an eyeball. The eyeball had to go down the ramp not up because of gravity. Another example is that when the marble got hit by a dominoe the marble went down a tape ramp and went down instead of up. The gravity makes the ball go down. The definition is, this potential energy is a result of gravity pulling downwards. The gravitational constant, g, is the acceleration of an object due to gravity. This acceleration is about 9.8 meters per second on earth. The formula for potential energy due to gravity is PE = mgh.
There was also electric energy. For example, when the domino’s hit the jenga blocks on top of a string which released the electric car by knocking the jenga blocks off the string. This made the car move because of it’s fan on top of it. The definition is Electrical energy is energy that is caused by moving electric charges. Since the electric charges are moving, this is a form of kinetic energy. The faster the electric charges are moving the more electrical energy they carry.
There was also kinetic energy. For example, when the domino’s were gaining energy to have enough power to hit the marble down the ramp without stopping in the middle. ANother example is when, the marble hit the domino and then went up a domino staircase. The definition is In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion. It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes.