Search form. Recovery after Bariatric Surgery. Most people recover very quickly after weight loss surgery and feel ready to go back to normal activities after a few days. It is important to remember though that you have had a major operation and to take it steady for a few weeks.
A rock on top of a mountain contains POTENTIAL ENERGY. The reason for this is that potential energy means that it has the potential to become another form of energy, like kinetic. If a rock is sitting on a mountain, it's not moving. Once it moves, it has KINETIC ENERGY. For example; I'm sitting on top of a mountain.
Energy is the capacity to do work. Matter has mass and occupies space. All matter is composed of basic elements that cannot be broken down to substances with different chemical or physical properties. Elements are substances consisting of one type of atom, for example Carbon atoms make up diamond, and also graphite. Pure (24K) gold is composed of only one type of atom, gold atoms.