This transformation results in a continual increase in the object’s velocity as it falls, with its potential energy decreasing while its kinetic energy increases, maintaining the total mechanical energy constant.
How does the continual transformation of energy from potential to kinetic energy affect the motion of the object during free fall?
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During free fall, as an object descends, potential energy decreases while kinetic energy increases proportionally. Gravity converts potential energy into kinetic energy, accelerating the object downward. Consequently, the object’s velocity continuously increases, resulting in an acceleration due to gravity until other factors, such as air resistance, become significant.