What is an example of potential energy?

Answer:

Potential energy is generally thought of as energy stored within a physical system.

There are all types of potential energy:

a football on a table has gravitational potential energy - if it is knocked off the table potential energy will return it to the grouond

a bow and arrow has elastic potential energy when the bow is drawn back - when the string of the bow is released it will propel the arrow forward with the energy.

a battery has chemical potential energy - when a battery is used, a chemical reaction occurs that turns potential chemical engergy into electrical energy.

ther are more - nuclear energy
the air in an inflated balloon



a rock sitting at the top of a hill