Examples of Potential Energy?

Question

What are some examples of Potential Energy

Answer 1

A rock sitting at the top of a hill

A battery cell with a voltage

A stretched rubber band

An atom prior to nuclear decay

Chemicals/compounds with positive entropy

Answer 2

Nuclear energy - the attraction of the nucleus and the electrons in an atom, etc.

Answer 3

i think ethanol from corn

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Any thing kept naturally or artificially at rest away from its normal position posses potential energy.

Everything has a tendency to fall to the centre of earth to acquire zero potential energy. Since the surface of earth does not allow this to happen, so at the earth's  surface everything at rest would have some intrinsic potential energy.  A positive change in position adds to the  intrinsic energy. Examples are:

(1) water stored at level higher than its flow level.

(2) A pendulum momentary resting at it maximum amplitude end.

(3) Boulders and debris resting at a level higher than sea level.

(4) A weight free  to drop from height.

etc.

Answer 6

a boulder at the top of a hill

a brick set on a high ledge

a lake or pond of water uphill from where you are

an arrow pulled back in a bow, just before release

unburned gasoline has potential chemical energy

a battery has potential electrical energy

enriched uranium has potential nuclear energy

Answer 7

something thats in "rest" say a ball sitting on the ground at the top of a hill.  Once u push it and it starts moving down the hill its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.