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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 EG088001: When two children who weigh the same are on a teeter-totter, the child who is up has more gravitational potential energy than the child who is down.
A girl and a boy are playing on a teeter-totter. They both weigh the same.
While the boy is down and the girl is up, which child has more gravitational potential energy?
- The boy has more gravitational potential energy.
- The girl has more gravitational potential energy.
- They have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
- They do not have any gravitational potential energy.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 3081 |
6–8 n = 1835 |
9–12 n = 1235 |
Male n = 1481 |
Female n = 1531 |
English n = 2697 |
Other n = 301 |
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| A. | The boy has more gravitational potential energy. | 23% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 22% | 25% |
| B. | The girl has more gravitational potential energy. | 55% | 53% | 57% | 55% | 55% | 56% | 49% |
| C. | They have the same amount of gravitational potential energy. | 17% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 20% |
| D. | They do not have any gravitational potential energy. | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 7% |