An object's gravitational potential energy is partly dependent on its acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2 near Earth's surface). What two other factors determine the object's gravitational potential energy?

a kinetic energy and speed

b time and mass

c mass and height

d speed and height

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Aaron Russell

13 September, 14:14

An object's gravitational potential energy is partly dependent on its acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2 near Earth's surface). What two other factors determine the object's gravitational potential energy?

a kinetic energy and speed

b time and mass

c mass and height

d speed and height

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Belle · Answer 1

This seems more like a physics question but I will try to answer anyway. The answer I think would because the faster speed they go the more potential energy they pick up and the kinetic energy depends on how fast it goes.

An object's gravitational potential energy is partly dependent on its acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2 near Earth's surface). What two other factors determine the object's gravitational potential energy?a kinetic energy and speedb time and massc mass and heightd speed and height

An object's gravitational potential energy is partly dependent on its acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2 near Earth's surface). What two other factors determine the object's gravitational potential energy?

a kinetic energy and speed

b time and mass

c mass and height

d speed and height