Question

Which of these shows the best example of gravitational potential energy?(1 point)
Responses

A stretched rubber band
A stretched rubber band

Skateboarding fast at the bottom a half-pipe
Skateboarding fast at the bottom a half-pipe

A book on a high shelf
A book on a high shelf

A molecule of glucose

Answer 1

A book on a high shelf.

Explanation: gravitational potential energy depends on an object's height above the ground (and its mass and gravity). A book on a high shelf has stored gravitational potential energy (U = mgh).