GPE and Metric Conversions

The highest inhabited town in the world has an elevation of 5334 m above sea level. What would be the gravitational potential energy of a 64 kg person in this town?

• 3,348,898.5 J

• 34,834.3 J

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What is the gravitational potential energy of an 85 kg mountain climber at the summit of a 6267 m volcano?

• 5,225,737.9 J

• 532,695 J

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What is the gravitational potential energy of a 26 kg eagle, flying at an altitude of 65 m at a speed of 19 m/s?

• 32,110 J

• 16,562 J

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An Olympic high jumper, with a mass of 82 kg. The jump was 2.5m high. What was the maximum gravitational potential energy?

• 1970 J

• 2011 J

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The world record for pole vaulting is 6.15 m. The mass of the pole vaulter is 82 kg. What is the gravitational potential energy?

• 4947.18 J

• 4493.31 kg

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One of the tallest radio towers is in Fargo, North Dakota. The tower is 629 m tall. What is the gravitational potential energy associated with the bird is 2033 J, The mass is .330 kg.

• 2036.26 J

• 2034.18 J

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An automobile to be transported by ship is raised 7.0 m above the dock. The automobile’s mass is 962.1. What is the GPE?

• 66067.40 J

• 66067.40 kg

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The largest sea turtle found in the United States had a mass of 860 kg. If the gravitational potential energy associated with the turtle as it was being lifted onto a ship was 20,000 J, how high above the water was the turtle?

• 2.37 m

• 23.3 m

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In 1993, Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor set the world record for the high jump at 2.5 m. Sotomayor’s mass was 82.0 kg. The gravitational potential energy associated with Sotomayor’s jump was _____.

• 2011 J

• 161,540 m

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On a distant planet, the GPE of a 65 kg astronaut is 3.8 m/s² when they are on a 45 m tall cliff. What is the acceleration due to gravity on this planet?

• 11,115 J

• 0.26 m/s²