Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls by Alex Ford

Alex Ford

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"Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls"

 

This picture depicts the flow of water in a waterfall. A waterfall illustrates the concept of energy, in particular, the conservation of energy. Gravitational potential energy (GPE) is energy that is stored in a system due to its position in the gravitational field. The equation for gravitational potential energy is GPE= mgh. Thus, at the top of the waterfall where the height is greatest, the water has a maximum amount of gravitational potential energy. As the water travels down the waterfall, the potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy (KE), or energy of motion. When the water reaches the bottom of the waterfall, it reaches its maximum kinetic energy and the gravitational potential energy is equal to zero.

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