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People falling down a cliff is potential energy or kinetic energy?
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People falling down a cliff is potential energy or kinetic energy?

People falling down a cliff is potential energy or kinetic energy?-example-1
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When the people are on the cliff and not in motion that's potential energy. When their moving and/or actively falling off the cliff, that's kinetic.
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When people are on the cliff it’s potential because they’re not moving. I want to falling down the cliff it’s kinetic.
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