Stretching an ideal spring stores this type of energy.

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Stretching or compressing a spring can store elastic potential energy. Source: Elastic potential energy ↗

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18This broad energy category depends on position or configuration rather than motion.RECALL
Potential energy
Gravitational potential is one example
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19This inward net force keeps an object following a circular path.RECALL
Centripetal force
It points toward the centre
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20This contact force opposes sliding, or the tendency to slide, between surfaces.RECALL
Friction
It can produce heat
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