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Potential energy is stored in objects raised up high. This energy is due to the object's position relative to the Earth's surface and its ability to do work when it is released and falls back down due to gravity.

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How is energy stored?

Electrical energy can be stored in a lead acid battery, it can also be stored by pumping water up to a high reservoir, from which it can be released later to produce electricity. Mechanical energy can be stored in a large flywheel. Energy can be stored in elastic material. Thermal energy can be stored in an insulated block of high heat capacity material. Potential gravitational energy can be stored in a reservoir or lake, to be used later for hydro power. Fossil fuels are stores of chemical energy, and uranium is a store of nuclear energy. some examples are a ball,candybar,rubber band,and gasoline


What things use gravitational potential energy?

The medieval war machine the trebuchet uses gravitational potential energy to hurl rocks. Hydroelectric dams use the gravitational potential of water to convert to kinetic energy to drive a turbine and create electricity.


An electric motor rated at 200w is used to raise a 20kg bag to the roof of a building 10m high what form of energy does the bag gain?

The bag gains potential energy as it is raised to a higher elevation. This potential energy is stored in the gravitational field of the Earth.


What type of energy is in objects that are high up?

Objects that are high up have mostly potential energy. This potential energy is due to their position in a gravitational field, which allows them to do work when they fall or move downward.


Can unused energy be stored for the future?

Yes, unused energy can be stored for the future using methods such as batteries, pumped hydro storage, compressed air storage, or thermal energy storage. These technologies help capture excess energy generated during times of low demand for use when demand is high.

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What sort of energy is stored in objects in high positions?

Potential energy.


How is energy stored?

Electrical energy can be stored in a lead acid battery, it can also be stored by pumping water up to a high reservoir, from which it can be released later to produce electricity. Mechanical energy can be stored in a large flywheel. Energy can be stored in elastic material. Thermal energy can be stored in an insulated block of high heat capacity material. Potential gravitational energy can be stored in a reservoir or lake, to be used later for hydro power. Fossil fuels are stores of chemical energy, and uranium is a store of nuclear energy. some examples are a ball,candybar,rubber band,and gasoline


What things use gravitational potential energy?

The medieval war machine the trebuchet uses gravitational potential energy to hurl rocks. Hydroelectric dams use the gravitational potential of water to convert to kinetic energy to drive a turbine and create electricity.


An electric motor rated at 200w is used to raise a 20kg bag to the roof of a building 10m high what form of energy does the bag gain?

The bag gains potential energy as it is raised to a higher elevation. This potential energy is stored in the gravitational field of the Earth.


Which energy stored by being high up?

"Gravitational potential" or just "potential" energy.


What is the main high energy sugar from photosynthesis?

Energy is stored in glucose. It is the fuel for respiration


What type of energy is in objects that are high up?

Objects that are high up have mostly potential energy. This potential energy is due to their position in a gravitational field, which allows them to do work when they fall or move downward.


Which organelle makes energy stored in high energy compounds available for cell?

Mitochondria (ATP).


ATP is the energy currency in cells by releasing the energy stored in what kind of bonds?

high energy phosphatidyl bond.


What is potential energy is energy of what?

It is energy held in reserve, not being used but available depending on some other action. It could be gravitational, due to a weight being raised to a high position, or it could be stored in elastic, in a model airplane for example. It could be energy stored in a gas at high pressure, which could do work if released. You could say that fuels such as fossil fuels or even uranium have potential energy, because it just requires some circumstance such as ignition or a nuclear chain reaction to release the energy, which would otherwise stay locked up in the fuel


What is the type of energy stored by fossil fuels such as coal?

combustible energy. it can burn at a very high temperature


Why do objects at high elevation have more potential energy than objects at low elevations?

Because gravity gives objects at high elevations the potential to fall much further.