Question

In which situation would an ant on a wall have the least amount of potential energy?
A. When it's 2 meters off the floor.
B. When it's carrying a crumb 2 meters off the floor.
C. When it's walking down the wall from a starting point of 2 meters.
D. When it's walking up the wall from a starting point of 2 meters.

Answer 1

What do you think the answer is?

Answer 2

I think it is B or maybe A but i'm not completely sure.

Answer 3

Do you know what potential energy is?

Answer 4

yes i do.It is stored energy.

Answer 5

In essence, yes. But that stored energy must come from somewhere. The typical example is height. When an object has height in relation to the ground (at y = 0) there is gravitational potential energy.



Bob is back. He's 2 meters in the air. He's got potential energy.

Answer 6

You drop Bob and all that potential energy converts into kinetic energy.

Answer 7

But obviously, the higher an object is, the more potential energy it has.

Answer 8

One of these answer choices isn't as high as the others.

Answer 9

C. When it's walking down the wall from a starting point of 2 meters.

Answer 10

Correct