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It can be defined as the work required to stretch or compress the string - the product of force times distance, as an integral, because the force is not constant.

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Q: How is potential energy in a spring defined?
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Compressed springs are what kind of energy?

The potential energy of a spring is defined by this equation: U=.5kx2 U= potential energy (in joules) k= the spring constant x= the displacement of the spring from equilibrium. (the amount that the spring is stretched or compressed) This equation tells us that as a spring is compressed by a distance x, the potential energy increases proportionately to x2


How is the potential energy stored in the spring of a clock it change into kinetic?

The spring is wound tighter, this stores the potential energy. The spring unwinding turns the potential energy into kinetic energy.


What kinds of energy does a spring have?

a spring possesses elastic potential energy when compressed or stretched.


What sort of energy is in the compressed spring?

Spring potential energy.


How potential energy arises from an elastic spring?

Potential energy occurs in a spring when it is stretched because it now has the potential to bounce back with kinetic energy it is said to have elastic potential energy (EPE)


What is the energy stored in an object that is not moving?

Potential energy is energy that is stored in an object, and can be changed into kinetic, or other forms of energy. There are many types, such as Elastic Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy.


Example of spring energy?

Compressing a spring is potential energy in a system.


What kind of potential energy is in a stretched spring?

Potential elastic energy


What is energy in spring?

Elastic potential energy


What form of energy does a spring have?

Potential energy


Does Potential energy does not have the ability to do work?

Potential energy can be defined as the ability to do work.


What are two ways a spring can store elastic potential energy?

A spring can store elastic potential energy by someone/something squeezing or pulling the spring