alleryStart learning →What is potential energy?
AEnergy an object has because it is moving
BEnergy from position, composition or condition
CEnergy carried away as light from a flame
DEnergy needed to raise a mass by one degree
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Energy from position, composition or condition
1. Potential energy comes from an object's relative position, composition or condition.
2. Water at the top of a dam has it because of its height.
3. A battery has it because of the chemicals stored inside.
4. Energy of motion is kinetic energy, which is the other main type.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Thermochemistry", section 5.1 Energy Basics_
Keep practising Thermochemistry
Browse all Thermochemistry questions for NECO SSCE, or explore more Chemistry topics.
Related questions
Split heat given out from heat taken inUsing formation values of -278 for C2H5OH(l), -286 for H2O(l) and -394 kJ/mol for CO2(g), In a Hess's law problem a given step is reversed and then halved. What happens to its enthGiven N2 + O2 giving 2NO at +180.5 kJ and NO + half O2 giving NO2 at -57.06 kJ, what is thGiven Fe + Cl2 giving FeCl2 at -341.8 kJ, and FeCl2 + half Cl2 giving FeCl3 at -57.7 kJ, wCarbon burns to CO with an enthalpy change of -111 kJ, and CO burns to CO2 with -283 kJ. WWhat does Hess's law state?Given that 3O2(g) giving 2O3(g) has a standard enthalpy change of +286 kJ, what is the ent