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explain what Is meant by the term potential energy and give four different examples of potential energies?​

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the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.

A book on a table before it falls.

A child at the top of a slide.

Ripe fruit before it falls.

River water at the top of a waterfall.

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