Gravitational Potential Energy

Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A ball sitting on the ground

• Moon viewed from the Earth

• An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

• A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

How could you increase the gravitational potential energy of an object without changing its mass and gravity?

• Make the object larger

• Lower the object towards the ground

• Raise the object farther off the ground

• Allow the object to roll on the ground

How could you increase the object's gravitational potential energy (GPE) without changing its distance from the ground (height) and gravity?

• Decrease the object's mass

• Increase the object's height

• Increase the object's mass

• Decrease the object's height

When you are holding a book, energy is stored between the book and Earth; this type of energy is called ________ potential energy.

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Electric Energy

Which statement is true.

• The further you are from the ground, the gravitational pull increases

• The closer you are to the ground, the gravitational pull increases

• The further you are from the ground, the gravitational pull descreases

Which object would have the greatest gravitational potential energy when thrown off of the roof of a building?

• Apple

• Bowling Ball

• Pencil

• Computer

A body gains energy when raised from the ground and loses its energy when made to fall. The energy gained or lost by the body is called ______________.

Since the work is done against the gravity, it is called gravitational potential energy.

• True

• False