Segment D: Electrical Potential Energy and Electrical Potential | Georgia Public Broadcasting

electric field (E) – a region around a charged particle or charged object within which a force is exerted on other charged particles or charged objects.

electric potential (V) – also known as voltage, the electric potential energy per unit charge; the SI unit is the volt (V).

electric potential energy (PEE) – energy stored by electric charges; the energy that a charge in an electric field possesses, which gives it the ability to do work; the SI unit is the joule (J).

kinetic energy (KE) – the energy of motion; equal to one half times mass times the square of the velocity of an object.