What is Gravitational Potential Energy?
In simple terms, it's the energy something has due to being lifted up in a gravitational field—imagine a roller coaster car at the top of a hill.
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Gravity's way of whispering 'Hey, you got potential!' to any object chilling at a height.
Gravitational potential energy is like a savings account for energy, storing it based on an object's mass, height, and gravity. Think of it as energy just waiting for the right moment to spring into action, like when an apple drops from a tree!
When I worked on a physics project, we used the formula PE = mgh to calculate how much energy was in a raised object. It really made physics feel like magic when we let our object go, converting that stored energy into motion!
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