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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 EG071002: Two pictures that weigh the same and are hung the same height above the floor have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
A person hangs three pictures on the wall. The pictures all weigh the same. Picture 1 and Picture 2 are at the same height above the floor. Picture 3 is directly below Picture 1.
Which pictures have the same amount of gravitational potential energy?
- Pictures 1 and 2 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
- Pictures 1 and 3 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
- Pictures 2 and 3 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
- All of the pictures have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3266 |
6–8 n = 1802 |
9–12 n = 1453 |
Male n = 1570 |
Female n = 1619 |
English n = 2819 |
Other n = 339 |
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| A. | Pictures 1 and 2 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy. | 56% | 54% | 59% | 55% | 58% | 58% | 47% |
| B. | Pictures 1 and 3 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy. | 13% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| C. | Pictures 2 and 3 have the same amount of gravitational potential energy. | 11% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 14% |
| D. | All of the pictures have the same amount of gravitational potential energy. | 20% | 20% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 22% |