POTENTIAL ENERGY POSTER

ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY

• You can change the shape of these objects by stretching them
• When it is released it goes back in to its original shape
• Ex) rubber band, bow string, hair bow, stretch cord, silly band

GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY

• Depends an it's height and it's weight
• You use a force that is against the force of gravity
• Ex) book on a book shelf, apple, backpack, humans, folder on a desk

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY

• P.E. Of the arrangement of atoms in a compound
• Ex) food, nuclear explosion, batteries, fireworks, dynamite