A science class was conducting an investigation about the transformation between potential energy and kinetic energy. The students dropped a basketball from different heights above the floor. They videotaped the ball while it was falling and then calculated the ball's kinetic energy just before it hit the floor. Answer:
The kinetic energy of the basketball is the greatest when it is dropped from the highest point because kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the mass and the speed of the ball before it hits the floor