Near Earth's surface, gravitational acceleration is approximately 9.81 m/s2, which means that, ignoring the effects of air resistance, the speed of an object falling freely will increase by about 9.81 metres per second every second.
The energy of the ski lift at the base is kinetic energy:

where m is the mass of the ski lift+the people carried, and

is velocity at the base.
As long as the ski lift goes upward, its velocity decreases and its kinetic energy converts into potential energy. Eventually, when it reaches the top, its final velocity is v=0, so no kinetic energy is left and it has all converted into gravitational potential energy, which is

where

and h is the height at the top of the hill.
So, since the total energy must conserve, we have

and so

from which we find the height:
I believe another name for lower point is Ice point
However instead of crests and troughs, longitudinal waves have compressions and rarefactions. Compression. A compression is a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together. Rarefaction. A rarefaction is a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart.
The statement that is the most true regarding the states of matter is the first statement.
A. Most matter on Earth exists as a solid, liquid, or gas.
This is correct since most of the matter on Earth exists in those 3 states, meanwhile plasma is not a state that most of matter on earth is found in since it is mostly associated to stars and the external galactic regions.
Therefore, B is incorrect.
C is false, since almost of all of the matter on earth can transform and change through each of the 3 states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas.
D is false since most of the matter in universe is actually made out of plasma instead of a liquid. In fact, over 99% of the known universe's matter is said to consist of plasma.