In a different case, if you kick a ball, you are transferring some of your energy to the ball. During a collision, energy is usually transfered from one object to another. When two objects interact with each other in a collision, each object exerts a force on the other object, and energy may be transferred. As can be seen from the formula, the gravitational potential energy is directly proportional to both the mass and the height of an object. This means that the more massive an object, the more potential energy it has, and the higher an object, the more potential energy it has.
Potential energy is stored energy.
Since it takes more energy to raise a heavy object and more energy to raise an object higher, they will have more energy stored within them. As can be seen from the formula, the potential energy of a spring is directly proportional to the displacement and to the square of the spring constant. This means that the larger the spring constant, the more potential energy, and that the greater the displacement, the more potential energy. The spring constant of a spring is determined by how rigid the spring is. The more rigid the spring, the larger the spring constant.