Multiple Choice
If the loss in gravitational potential energy of a volume of water falling 100 meters (quite a high waterfall!) were converted completely to heat, the resultant rise in temperature of the water would be on the order of
A) 1/1000 degrees Celsius.
B) 1 degree Celsius.
C) 1000 degrees Celsius.
D) an amount that cannot be determined from the information presented.
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