When you lift a box from the floor and put it on an Almirah the potential energy of the box increases, but there is no change in its kinetic energy. Is it a violation of conservation of energy?

No, It’s not a violation of conservation of energy. The conservation of energy states that, the total energy of an isolated system remains constant; it is said to be conserved over time. This law means that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. Someone has lifted the box and so the chemical energy that was stored in the human body was finally converted into potential energy on the box.


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