EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Potential energy is stored energy and the energy of position. Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Potential energy is energy that is stored – or conserved-in an object or substance. This stored energy is based on the position, arrangement or state of the object or substance. You can think of it as energy that has the ‘potential’ to do work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kinetic and Potential Energy: Energy stored in an object due to its position is Potential Energy. Energy that a moving object has due to its motion is Kinetic Energy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the stored energy is potential energy but there are some exceptions. In a flywheel, the energy is stored in kinetic form rather than potential energy. So while you might say that all potential energy is stored energy, it would not be accurate to say that all stored energy is potential energy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Potential energy refers to the stored energy within an object that exists as a result of the object’s position, state, or arrangement. It’s one of the two primary forms of energy-the other is kinetic energy. The stored energy is released when the position, state, or arrangement of the object changes.