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GK QUESTION#3048

The energy stored in an object due to its position above the ground is known by which term?

  1. AKinetic energy
  2. BGravitational potential energyCorrect answer
  3. CChemical energy
  4. DThermal energy
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B. Gravitational potential energy

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Raising a body in Earth’s gravitational field increases the gravitational potential energy of the body–Earth system. Near the surface, its change is ΔU = mgΔh when g is approximately constant. The reference height can be chosen arbitrarily.

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