What is Potential and Kinetic Energy?
Potential energy is the 'waiting to happen' energy—think of a drawn bow or water behind a dam. Kinetic energy is the 'happening now' energy, like when you release the arrow or let the water flow. Both are crucial in understanding how things move and work.
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Potential energy is like the energy you store up when you compress a spring or lift a book onto a shelf, while kinetic energy is what you get when you let that spring loose or drop the book. Basically, potential is stored energy, and kinetic is the energy of motion!
Potential energy is stored energy. Kinetic energy is moving energy. Simple as that!
Potential energy is the energy stored in an object due to its position or condition. Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because it's moving.
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