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Kinetic and Potential Energy Quick Check
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Question
An object falls through the air, gaining speed as it falls. A student claims that this creates new energy, and so it breaks the law of conservation of energy. Which statement describes why the student is incorrect?(1 point)
Responses

Energy is converted from other forms, not created.
Energy is converted from other forms, not created.

Equal and opposite amounts of other energy are also created.
Equal and opposite amounts of other energy are also created.

Speed is not related to energy in any way.
Speed is not related to energy in any way.

Energy can be created without breaking the law of conservation of energy.