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Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Gravitational potential energy is associated with the distance an object is above a reference point, such as the…
Item EG020003: For two objects that are the same distance from the center of the earth, the object with more gravitational potential energy weighs more.
Object 1 and Object 2 are the same distance from the center of the earth, but Object 1 has more gravitational potential energy than Object 2. Does Object 1 weigh more than, less than, or the same as Object 2?
- Object 1 weighs more than Object 2.
- Object 1 weighs less than Object 2.
- Object 1 weighs the same as Object 2.
- More information is needed to compare the weights of the objects.
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| n = 3249 |
6–8 n = 1797 |
9–12 n = 1442 |
Male n = 1570 |
Female n = 1601 |
English n = 2810 |
Other n = 331 |
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| A. | Object 1 weighs more than Object 2. | 48% | 45% | 51% | 47% | 48% | 49% | 42% |
| B. | Object 1 weighs less than Object 2. | 18% | 20% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 18% | 22% |
| C. | Object 1 weighs the same as Object 2. | 16% | 17% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 21% |
| D. | More information is needed to compare the weights of the objects. | 18% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 16% |