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If you have an object on the roof it has potential energy of weight x height above the ground. When you drop it off the roof it is converted to kinetic enemy as it hits the ground, of value 1/2 its mass x velocity squared.

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Q: Give one example to show how potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy?
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