The escape speed from the Earth is 1.12 x 104 ms-1, so that a gas molecule travelling away from the earth near the boundary of the earth's atmosphere would, at this speed,
be able to escape from the earth's gravitational field and can be lost from the
atmosphere. At what temperature is the rms speed of oxygen molecules, and helium
atoms equal to Vrms = 1.12 x 104 ms-t? [Use the periodic table to help you

d. platinum would have the greatest temperature increase because it has the lowest specific heat.

chemical energy --> gravitational potential energy --> kinetic energy --> elastic potential energy --> gravitational potential energy

explanation:

when emma starts the hike, the chemical energy stored in her body is used to climb up the mountain, and so she gains gravitational potential energy (because at the end, she will be at a higher height h above the ground). then she goes bungee jumping: as she falls, this gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy (because her speed increases as she falls down), until the point when the rope stretches, and she stops moving. at that moment, all the kinetic energy is converted into elastic potential energy due to the stretching of the rope. then, this energy is released because the rope returns to its natural length, and emma gains a small increase in altitude , so she gains some gravitational potential energy.