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A small rubber ball and a bowling ball are about to be dropped from the same height. Which has more gravitational potential energy?

A small rubber ball and a bowling ball are about to be dropped from the same height. Which has more gravitational potential energy?
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A small rubber ball and a bowling ball are about to be dropped from the same height. Which has more gravitational potential energy?

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The bowling ball has higher gravitational potential because it has more mass. While the two balls would hit the ground at the same time, the bowling ball has more momentum.
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User Mark Davidson
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It would be the bowling ball
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