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A squirrel is sitting on an electrical wire. What kind of energy does he have? a....

A squirrel is sitting on an electrical wire. What kind of energy does he have?

a. Gravitational potential b. Electrical potential c. Kinetic

The squirrel leaps for a neighboring wire; as he moves through the air (quite some distance above the ground), what kind of energy does he have?

a. Gravitational potential b. Kinetic c. Gravitational potential and kinetic

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The squirrel will have only Gravitational potential when sitting on an electrical wire. Because it is above above the ground and earth attracts it towards itself. As it is not moving, it will not have kinetic energy. There is no electricity flowing through it or there is no effect of electricity on it when it is just sitting on the wire, so there is no electrical potential exists.

The answer is (a) Gravitational potential.

In the second case it is moving at a higher distance from the ground so it will have both gravitaional potential and kinetic.

The answer is (c).

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