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Imagine that you are jumping up and down on a trampoline.

a. Name the store of energy when you are pressing downwards
on the stretchy skin of the trampoline.
b. Name the store of energy when you are high up in the air.

User Rowf Abd
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Answer:

a. When you are pressing downwards the energy stored is potential elastic energy due to the elasticity of the stretchy skin.

b. When you are high up in the air the energy stored is potential energy due to your weight and the distance to the ground.

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