Question

an object falls through the air gaining speed as it falls a student claims that this creats new energy and so it breaks the law of consercatation of energy which statment describes why the student is incorrect

Answer 1

The student is incorrect because the object falling through the air does not create new energy. The increase in speed of the falling object is due to the conversion of potential energy (which it possessed initially due to its position) into kinetic energy (energy of motion). According to the law of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed. Therefore, the total energy of the system (object + Earth) remains conserved throughout the falling process.