If you throw a ball up into the air, when will the ball have the greatest potential energy?
Throwing a ball into the air
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Since potential energy is stored energy, it will have the most potential energy when the ball reaches its highest point and is motionless before it comes back down.
Since potential energy is the energy of motion, it will have the most potential energy when the ball is in motion and falling.
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The correct response is:
Since potential energy is stored energy, it will have the most potential energy when the ball reaches its highest point and is motionless before it comes back down.
At the highest point of its trajectory, the ball has converted all its kinetic energy from the throw into potential energy, resulting in maximum potential energy at that moment.
