Elastic potential energy

Elastic Potential Energy

STRETCH AND GO! | Elastic Potential Energy Experiment

Elastic Potential Energy: The energy of an object that is stretched or compressed.

Energy is involved in everything that happens, from the tiniest insect moving one antenna to a massive eruption of a volcano that spreads ash around the globe. Energy is constantly being transferred and transformed. If you use a microwave oven to heat your food, electromagnetic energy is transferred into the food and transformed into thermal energy. When you eat the food, your body turns the chemical energy in the food into a different form of chemical energy. If you kick a ball, you…

The energy an object has because of its place or its condition

An elastic collision is when two objects collide and then are repulsed from each other. The total amount of energy is conserved the original kinetic energy is converted to potential energy. The potential energy then becomes a repulsive kinetic energy pushing the objects away from each other.

Energy Stores Energy is stored in different types of energy stores. The main types of energy stores are: Kinetic – energy stored by an object that is moving.  Magnetic – energy stored by two magnets attracting or repelling one another. Thermal – energy stored in an object due to the heat of the object. Chemical – energy stored by chemical bonds. Elastic Potential – energy stored by an object that has been stretched or squashed. Electrostatic – energy stored by two charges attracting or…

1. Elastic Potential Energy 2. The rubber band is stretched out showing the energy. The total energy is from the distance stretched and the force. 3. EPE= 1/2Kx^2

The stretching of this hair tie shows elastic potential energy. This type of potential energy is stored when you stretch an elastic object.