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What energy transformation occurs when a skydiver first jumps from a plane?
Gravitational potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.
Gravitational potential energy transforms into thermal energy.
Kinetic energy transforms into gravitational potential energy.
Thermal energy transforms into gravitational potential energy.
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Gravitational potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.
Explanation: As the skydiver falls, their altitude (gravitational potential energy) decreases and their speed increases, so that energy becomes kinetic energy.
Explanation: As the skydiver falls, their altitude (gravitational potential energy) decreases and their speed increases, so that energy becomes kinetic energy.
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