Question

Carly was playing with a rubber band. She stretched the rubber band between two of
her fingers and aimed up at the ceiling. She let one end of the rubber band go, and
the rubber band flew away from her hands. The rubber band touched the ceiling and
fell back down. When was the MOST gravitational potential energy stored between the rubber band and the Earth? Assume that the rubber band's mass did not change.


A. When the rubber band was stretched between Carly's fingers

B. When the rubber band flew away from Carly's hands

C. When the rubber band touched the ceiling ​

Answer 1

Choice-C is the one to pick.

Gravitational potential energy depends on height, and the ceiling is the highest place in the rubber band's travels.