Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM035

Gravitational potential energy results only from interactions with the Earth (suspected).

Items that test for misconception RGM035 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Gravitational potential energy is a…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG043004	Gravitational potential energy exists on both the earth and the moon because all objects, including the earth and moon, exert attractive forces on all other objects.	26%
RG042003	The gravitational potential energy of a system of two objects can be increased by pulling them farther apart.	21%
RG044002	Decreasing the distance between two objects decreases the gravitational potential energy between them.	14%