ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG014003: The gravitational potential energy of an object decreases as it falls.
How does an object's gravitational potential energy change as it falls to the earth?
- The gravitational potential energy of an object increases as it falls.
- The gravitational potential energy of an object decreases as it falls.
- The gravitational potential energy of an object does not change as it falls.
- The gravitational potential energy of an object is zero as soon as it begins to fall.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1243 |
4–5 n = 279 | 6–8 n = 620 |
9–12 n = 344 |
Male n = 585 |
Female n = 631 |
English n = 1084 |
Other n = 134 |
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| A. | 42% | 44% | 45% | 35% | 41% | 43% | 42% | 43% |
| B. | 30% | 27% | 28% | 35% | 31% | 29% | 30% | 25% |
| C. | 17% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| D. | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 14% |