When a baseball is at rest and then is thrown, what is the relationship between the ball’s potential and kinetic energy?(1 point)

Responses

As the ball’s potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy decreases.
As the ball’s potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy decreases.

As the ball’s potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy increases.
As the ball’s potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy increases.

As the ball’s potential energy increases, its kinetic energy decreases.
As the ball’s potential energy increases, its kinetic energy decreases.

As the ball’s potential energy increases, its kinetic energy increases.
As the ball’s potential energy increases, its kinetic energy increases.
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The correct response is:

As the ball’s potential energy decreases, its kinetic energy increases.

When a baseball is thrown, the potential energy (related to its position) decreases as it is released from a height (if thrown from above ground level) and converted into kinetic energy (the energy of motion) as the ball accelerates.