⚡ SPRINGS & ELASTIC
PAGE 1 OF 5 — STORED SNAP
ELASTIC ENERGY
WHEN THINGS WANT TO SNAP BACK
Some materials can stretch or squash and then return toward their old shape. While they are deformed, they store elastic potential energy. A coiled spring, a rubber band, and a bowstring all hold energy when you pull them. When you let go, that stored energy can turn into kinetic energy, the energy of motion.
⚡ STORE
Elastic potential energy is energy stored because an object is stretched or compressed.
SNAP!
PULL
🖐️ Stretch stores energy
🌀 Coils and bands both work
🌀 Coils and bands both work
GO
🚀 Release turns energy into motion
🎯 Bows launch arrows this way
🎯 Bows launch arrows this way