Answer:
Height
Explanation:
The question can be answered by considering the following:
First; What is gravitational potential energy?
- Gravitational potential energy refers to the energy stored in an object relative to its position from the surface of the earth.
Second; How is GPE calculated?
- It is calculated by multiplying the mass of an object by its height from the earth's surface and by the gravitational acceleration.
- That is, GPE = mass ×gravity × height
Third: What determines the GPE of an object?
- Gravitational potential energy depends on the mass of an object and its height from the surface of the earth since g is constant.
Fourth: What can we conclude about the GPE of an object?
- Thus an object that is higher from the surface of the earth will have more GPE compared to the same object near the earth's surface.
- For instance, a book on the topmost shelf will have higher GPE compared to the same book on the lowermost shelf.
Answer to our question;
- The suitable answer for our question will therefore be Height.
