Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM040

The gravitational potential energy of an object depends upon the path the object takes to get to the distance above the reference point (Singh & Rosengrant, 2001, 2003; Herrmann-Abell & DeBoer, 2010).

Items that test for misconception EGM040 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea ()
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
RG169002	Three people have the same amount of gravitational potential energy when they are all on the same floor of a building because gravitational potential energy depends on how high the object’s final position is above the earth.	64%
EG022004	A person will have the same amount of gravitational potential energy at the top of a mountain regardless of the path the person takes to get there.	62%