Potential energy is stored energy. This form of energy has the potential to change the state of other objects around it, for example, the configuration or motion. Skip to main content ...

GCSE; CCEA Single Award; Energy forms - CCEA Higher tier: Gravitational potential energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transferred, dissipated or stored in different ways.

Heat energy (or Internal energy) The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object, in most cases this is the vibrations - also known as the kinetic energy - of particles.