Question

When an object is lifted to a certain height and then dropped, what energy conversion takes place as it falls?

Options

• Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy

• Potential energy remains constant during the fall

• Potential energy is lost as heat

• Kinetic energy is converted into potential energy

Answer 1

Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy

Explanation:

 

The stored energy of position (potential) is transformed into the energy of motion (kinetic) as the object falls back towards the Earth.