An investigation to find out how gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
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... An investigation to find out how gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. I will be investigating, how gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. My experiment will involve a trolley, after being released from rest, rolling down a ramp. (The following abbreviations will be used in this document: k.e.: Kinetic energy, p.e.: Potential energy.) At the top of the ramp the trolley has gravitational potential energy, once it is released this energy is converted to kinetic energy when the trolley is moving. The following theoretical knowledge has been adapted from "Advanced physics" by Tom Duncan. Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored in an object as a result of its vertical position (i.e., height.) The energy is stored as the result of the gravitational attraction of the earth on the object. There is a direct relationship between the potential energy, the mass of the object and also the height of













