Why Would a Box on a Shelf Have a Higher

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why would a box on a shelf have a higher potential energy than that of a box on a lower shelf?

• A) The box on the higher shelf is heavier
• B) The box on the lower shelf was placed there after the higher box.
• C) The box on the higher shelf experiences less gravitational pull; with less gravitational pull comes more weight, thus more potential energy.
• D) It took more work to move the box to the high shelf than to the low shelf

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