Types of Potential Energy
Above the ground.
Examples: Holding a ball above your head, dropping something off a tall building, a skater on a ramp
Gravitational Energy
Heat.
Examples: fire, boiling water, stove
Thermal Energy
Electrical Energy
Kinetic Energy
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Gravitational Energy
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Examples: Holding a ball above your head, dropping something off a tall building, a skater on a ramp
Gravitational Energy is a type of Potential Energy.
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Nuclear Energy
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Examples: Power Plant, the sun, Nuclear weapon
Nuclear Energy is a type of Potential Energy.
Bond of an Atom
Examples: Batteries, Food, Gas (fossil fuels)
Chemical Energy
Vibration
Examples: music, clapping hands, speaker
Sound Energy
Chemical Energy
Potential Energy
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Thermal Energy
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Examples: fire, boiling water, stove
Thermal Energy is a type of Kinetic Energy.
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Electrical Energy is a type of Kinetic Energy
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Examples: lightning, outlet wire, static electricity
Electrical Energy is a type of Kinetic Energy
Nucleus of an atom.
Examples: Power Plant, the sun, Nuclear weapon
Nuclear Energy
Energy moving in electrons and wires.
Examples: lightning, outlet wire, static electricity
Electrical Energy
Elastic Energy
Potential Energy
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Chemical Energy
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Examples: Batteries, Food, Gas (fossil fuels)
Chemical is a type of Potential Energy
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Elastic Energy
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Examples: rubber band, trampoline, spring
Elastic Energy is a type of Potential Energy.
Squished or Stretched
Examples: rubber band, trampoline, spring
Elastic Energy
Light.
Examples: Rainbow, flashlight
Electromagnetic Energy
Electromagnetic Energy
Kinetic Energy
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Sound Energy
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Examples: music, clapping hands, speaker
Sound Energy is a type of Kinetic Energy.
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Electromagnetic Energy
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Examples: Rainbow, flashlight
Electromagnetic Energy is a type of Kinetic Energy.