Question

A child is on a pogo stick. At the top of her jump, kinetic energy (KE) = 0 J, gravitational potential energy (GPE) = 100 J, and the potential energy in the spring (SPE) = 0 J. At which point in the jump is the kinetic energy the greatest?

Answer 1

Because just before the pogo stick contacts the ground the system has its greates velocity.

2.) A

Because they have the same mass and the same height.

3.) D

Because the velocity is 0 (KE is 0), The Height is 0 (GPE = 0) and the spring is compressed due to converting all the kinetic enrgy into SPE.