Types of electric potential include:

- Action potential
- Afterpotential
- Graded potential
- Local potential
- Membrane potential
- Postsynaptic potential
- Resting potential
- Cortical potential

Types of Electric Potential

Electric potential is measured in volts and it is the difference required to bring one unit of infinite electric charge to a particular point. 

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A property that must be transferred to perform some work or heat something up.

Energy

electrical potential. (n.d.) Retrieved May 26, 2023 from American Psychological Association. https://dictionary.apa.org/cortical-potential

electric potential

Sum of all the energies associated with the individual molecules/atoms comprising a substance.

Internal Energy

Energy involving the movement of a physical object as a whole.

Mechanical Energy

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Energy is transferred through heat or work. The formula is ΔEtotal = Q + W (Where Q is heat and W is work).

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