Question

When the person is skating from the bottom of the track back up to the top, her potential energy _______ . When the person is skating from the top of the track down to the bottom, his kinetic energy _______ . When the person is skating from the top of the track down to the bottom, her velocity _______ .

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Potential Energy of an object is a function of elevation from datum thus assuming datum to be ground, the potential energy of the person increases as he moves up to the top.

When a person is skating from the top of the track to the bottom then his potential energy is getting converted into the kinetic energy so his kinetic energy increases as he moves down.

When a person is moving from top to bottom his kinetic energy increases which is a function of mass and velocity. As mass is fixed therefore his velocity increases as he moves down