The kinetic energy of the plate that it had the instant before it hit the floor. So we have a word for that, kinetic. Where did the plate get its ic energy from? Gravity. The higher you put the plate on the shelf, the more gravitational potential energy it has. And teo, the plate just sits there, in possession of gravitational potential energy,. If the cat pushes the plate off the shelf,  the gravitational potential energy swaps and comes kinetic energy.

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