How Are Kinetic and Potential Energy Different?
Potential energy is like a coiled spring ready to launch, whereas kinetic energy is the spring in motion.
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Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, like a car speeding down the highway, while potential energy is stored energy, like a boulder perched on a cliff.
Kinetic energy: your pet hamster running on its wheel. Potential energy: your dog sleeping but ready to chase the mailman.
Kinetic energy is what you see when something is moving. Potential energy is more like invisible energy waiting to do its thing.
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