You lift a ball 3 meters off the ground. Due to gravity wanting that ball back on the ground, you’ve just put potential energy into that ball. You let go of the ball and it falls. This is kinetic energy.
Dianna Cowern has a great series of physics videos that she started making back in September and she starts with energy explanations. They’re not ELI5, but they’re very easy to follow and entertaining. I definitely recommend if you want to know more.
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