Chapter Text
“Well… Sure… I’ll explain kinetic and potential energy to you.”
“Kinetic energy is the… energy an object has when it’s… actively moving…”
“and potential is… the energy and object has when it’s not moving.”
Ok, but what is energy
“Energy is… a things ability to do… stuff- like work… or move…”
“Let’s say a ball is rolling down a hill… when it’s just sitting at the top, it has all potential… but when you begin to roll it down, it rapidly loses its potential until… it’s rolling down the hill, and it has all kinetic.”
“Now, once it hits… let’s say… the flat surface at the bottom of… the hill. The ball… retains the same amount of kinetic, because it has nothing to obstruct it.”
“But, let’s say we put… another hill in front of it.”
“As it starts to roll up the hill, it begins to lose its kinetic and take on more and more potential until… it reaches the top of the hill, at which it has… think of it like… 80% potential, and 20% kinetic.”
“But, as the ball begins to roll down… it regains its kinetic energy… albeit, with less than it previously had.”
“Why? Because… it transfers some of its kinetic into thermal… it’s hard to explain.”