Multiple choice

What best describes the following situation: you jump off a diving board into a swimming pool?

  1. Electrical to mechanical

  2. Electrical to thermal

  3. Potential to kinetic

  4. Kinetic to Potential
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When you are on a diving board, you have gravitational potential energy due to your height. As you jump and fall toward the water, this potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

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