Question #155457
A pop-up toy is pushed down and set on the floor. Before it pops, what type of
energy does it mostly have?
Expert's answer
The pop-up toy is a toy with four colorful figures which jump up on concealed springs. Before the figure pops, it pushed down and compress the spring. Therefore, at that moment the pop-up toy mostly have the elastic potential energy of the spring (which then converted into kinetic energy when the figure jumps up from the toy).
