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POTENTIAL ENERGY
LESSON 5
THE TYPES OF POTENTIAL ENERGY
VISUAL OF GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
GPE
VISUAL OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
ELECTRICAL PE
VISUAL OF ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
ELASTIC PE
VISUAL OF CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
CPE - OLD SCHOOL
NUCLEAR ENERGY
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Lesson 5: Potential Energy Types
Electric Charge - Overall Positivity or Negativity of a system. It's determined by # of Protons vs. Electrons
Potential Energy Types
A. Gravitational Energy - Energy an object possesses by position above the ground.
B. Electrical Potential Energy - Energy required to move a charge against an electric field.
C. Elastic Energy - Energy stored in an object due to its stretch or deformation.
D. Chemical Energy - Energy stored in the bonds between the atoms of molecules.
E. Nuclear Energy - Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. (Between the Protons and Neutrons)
F. Magnetic Energy - Energy required to move a similar magnetic pole against a magnetic field.