Graph Test Question 8

Question #8:

The following graph concerns the gravitational potential energy of a falling ball. The y-axis represents the potential energy and the x-axis represents the distance that the ball has fallen.

Graph for question 8 

     MIDI     WAV

Choose the sentence that is the best interpretation of the graph.

A: The gravitational potential energy of the ball remains constant.
B: The total energy of the ball remains constant.
C: The gravitational potential energy is increasing linearly with distance.
D: The gravitational potential energy increases as the square of the distance.
E: The gravitational potential energy is decreasing linearly with distance.

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Last modified October 20, 1997.