Examples of potential energy
Potential energy
Potential energy is the ability of an object to perform work or action based solely on its position or composition. To a certain extent, it can be considered as the energy that a system stores. In this sense, potential energy can be classified in one of its three forms of presentation:
- Elastic potential energy: it is the energy that an object releases when it contracts to its original shape after being stretched or forced without the need for the body to break, similar to a rubber band or elastic band that releases stored energy in the stretching process .
- Gravitational potential energy: The gravitational potential energy is that implicit in the movement of an object and its magnetic field, gravity is the best example of this, any object with enough mass to be affected by the gravitational field of the earth and release energy in the process of falling, an example of this would be a roller coaster which needs energy to be carried to the top but is released in the process of descending from the top.
- Electrostatic potential energy : Electrostatic potential energy is that stored magnetically or electrically in an object such as a magnet or a boyle bottle, even an electric battery is an example of this thanks to the energy storage it contains within it.
Examples of potential energy
- A battery
- A balloon that releases the air it contains
- A roller coaster falling on its rails
- A book on a table stores the same energy that was necessary to put it on that table
- A bottle of boyle stores static energy
- The force of gravity of the earth
- Get off a trifle
- An arrow shot with a bow
- Wrecking ball
- Swing
- Pendulum
- A league
- A ball rolling down a slope
- Bungee rope
- Trampoline
- A slingshot
- A bucket of water on a door
- Springs
- A drawn bow and arrow
- Cherry fruit on a tree branch
- Rock or stone on a cliff
- Fireworks
- The foods we eat
- Batteries for toys
- Spring gun
- A fuel-powered car
- A magnet and a metal type object
- Two magnets together or linked by their positive poles
- A keg
- Sit on a sofa
