Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM038

The gravitational potential energy of an object does not depend on the mass of the object (AAAS Project 2061, n.d.).

Items that test for misconception EGM038 in this project (Original Project) and key idea (Gravitational potential energy is a…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
EG016003	The gravitational potential energy of an object depends on the mass of the object and the object's distance from the center of the earth.	28%
EG018004	For two books on a table, the book that weighs more has more gravitational potential energy.	20%
EG020003	For two objects that are the same distance from the center of the earth, the object with more gravitational potential energy weighs more.	16%