Three hikers take three different paths to the top of a mountain, Paths 1, 2, and 3. The hikers are all the same height and weight. When all of the hikers are at the finish point at the top of the mountain, which hiker will have the greatest amount of gravitational potential energy?

A)The gravitational potential energy is the same for all of the hikers.
B)The hiker who took Path 1
C)The hiker who took Path 2
D)The hiker who took Path 3

Determine which heat transfers below are due to the process of conduction. i) you walk barefoot on the hot street and it burns your toes. ii) when you get into a car with hot black leather in the middle of the summer and your skin starts to get burned. iii) a flame heats the air inside a hot air balloon and the balloon rises. iv) a boy sits to the side of a campfire. he is 10 feet away, but still feels warm. a) i and ii b) iii and iv c) i, ii, and iv d) ii, iii, and iv