Which of the graphs below best shows the relationship between a freely falling object’s gravitational potential energy and the object's height from the ground?
As an AI language model, I cannot directly view or analyze graphs. However, I can describe the general relationship between gravitational potential energy and an object's height from the ground.
The relationship between gravitational potential energy and an object's height can be described as follows:
- When an object is close to the ground (at a low height), its gravitational potential energy is low.
- As the object is lifted higher from the ground, its gravitational potential energy increases.
- The relationship between gravitational potential energy and height is directly proportional, meaning that as the height increases, the potential energy also increases.
- The function that best describes this relationship is an upward-sloping straight line, indicating a linear relationship.
Based on this description, you can look for a graph that shows an upward-sloping straight line from a low point at the ground to a higher point as the height increases.