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Original Project Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Misconception EGM061:
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.
32%
EG071002
Two pictures that weigh the same and are hung the same height above the floor have the same amount of gravitational potential energy.
31%
EG093001
The gravitational potential energy of an object depends on the object’s distance from the center of the earth but not the speed of the object.
30%
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.
17%
EG013004
When a coconut falls from a tree, it has the most gravitational potential energy at its highest point above the ground.
16%