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Mark and Ann took a two week hiking trip through Yosemite National Park. While hiking through the park they witnessed two large blocks of rock break away from Glacier Point. What is the initial transfer
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Mark and Ann took a two week hiking trip through Yosemite National Park. While hiking through the park they witnessed two large blocks of rock break away from Glacier Point. What is the initial transfer of energy that accelerates the rock down the side of the mountain?

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Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

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Potential energy. The energy you gain when it is at rest. 
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