a leaf hanging on a tree
The Kinetic energy (K) is at the least when the leaf is still attached to the tree; it's Potential energy (U) is at its greatest. As the leaf falls, its K increases as its U decreases. This continues to happen until the leaf can no longer move. This will happen when something like the Earth (a large object with much more mass and much more energy) pushes against it. The Earth has more energy so the leaf comes to a stop on its surface.
potential
rock battery rubber leaf
chemical potential energy
a leaf hanging on a tree
a leaf hanging on a tree
Kinetic energy becoming potential energy.
The Kinetic energy (K) is at the least when the leaf is still attached to the tree; it's Potential energy (U) is at its greatest. As the leaf falls, its K increases as its U decreases. This continues to happen until the leaf can no longer move. This will happen when something like the Earth (a large object with much more mass and much more energy) pushes against it. The Earth has more energy so the leaf comes to a stop on its surface.
potential
rock battery rubber leaf
Kinetic energy converting to gravitational potential energy
A compound leaf is a leaf branch that has more than one individual leaf on it. This leaf branch can have as little as three leaves and as many as twelve.
It is a form of potential energy.
An alternate leaf is a leaf pattern in which there is a leaf on one side of a branch and there is another leaf on the opposite side of the branch except farther down.
chemical potential energy
The form of energy that is stored in an object due to its position above or below another point is called potential energy. There are three types of potential energy which are the elastic, electric, and gravitational potential energy.