Question

Define potential energy.​

Answer 1

Here is your answers:

the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, electric charge, and other factors.

Answer 2

The energy possesed by any body or a system is due to change in its position, shape or configuration is known as potential energy.

Some Special Points:-

• 1. It is a scalar quantity

• 2. It is possible that it can be positive or also it may be negative or zero.

• 3. It is a relative quantity.

• 4. It depends on frame of reference but change is poterntial energy is independent of Frame ot reterence.

• 5. Potential energy is always detined only for conservative force fields.

• 6. Whenever work is done by the conservative forces potential energy decreses.

• 7. And whenever work is done against conservative forces, potential energy increases.

• 8. It is function of position doesn't depend on path.