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Potential Energy
Term | Definition |
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Potential Energy | Stored energy an object has because of its position or shape. |
Kinetic Energy | the energy that an object possesses due to its motion |
Gravitational Potential Energy | is the energy stored in an object as the result of its vertical position or height |
Elastic Potential Energy | is the energy stored in elastic materials as the result of their stretching or compressing |
Chemical Potential Energy | is the energy that can be absorbed or released during a chemical reaction |
Electric Potential Energy | is a form of potential energy by virtue of its electric charge and several forces related to their presence |
Magnetic Potential Energy | is the form of energy related not only to the distance between magnetic materials, but also to the orientation, or alignment, of those materials within the field |