MCQ
What is potential energy?
- AEnergy of an object due to its position or arrangement in a system.
- BEnergy of an object due to its nature or arrangement in a system.
- CEnergy of an object due to its shape or arrangement in a system.
- DNone.
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Answer
- Energy of an object due to its position or arrangement in a system.
Explanation:
The potential energy is the stored energy of an object due to its position. some examples of potential energies are gravitational potential energy, Electrostatic potential energy and elastic energy etc.
A body placed at ground will have less gravitational potential energy than a body placed at some height. therefore, potential energy changes by changing the position of object.
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