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  Saurabh and his friends were playing with a catapult (gulel) in his garden. Several mangoes were dislodged and fell with the help of catapult. One of his friend was aiming the catapult on a bird. Saurabh prevented him from doing so. Read the above passage and answer the given Questions (a) Name the energy possessed by the stretched string of the catapult. (b) What will happen if the stone is thrown without stretching the string of a capapult? (c) Why did Saurabh prevent his friend from aiming at the bird? (d) Which quality is highlighted in Saurabhs behaviour?        

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                   (a) Elastic potential energy.                       (b) If the stone is thrown without stretching the string of a catapult, the stone will fall down. The stretched catapult possesses potential energy due to change in its shape and it throws the stone with high speed. (c) Saurabh prevented his friend from aiming at the bird because he doesn't want to harm or kill the bird.                                        (d) The quality highlighted in Saurabh's behaviour is care and love for animals.