Multiple Choice
The amount of gravitational potential energy released as an object falls depends on
A) the distance it falls.
B) its speed at the time it begins falling.
C) neither the distance it falls nor its speed at the time it begins falling.
D) the distance it falls and its speed at the time it begins falling.
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