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Question
Write proper word from the following group of words in the blank.
(magnetism, 4.5V, 3.0V, gravitational attraction, potential difference, potential, higher, lower, 0V)
Water in the waterfall flows from a higher level to the lower level because of ______.
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Solution
Water in the waterfall flows from a higher level to the lower level because of gravitational attraction.
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