Which of the diagrams shown in Fig. 6.6 most closely shows the variation in kinetic energy of the earth as it moves once around the sun in its elliptical orbit?
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(d) When the earth is the closest to the sun, speed of the earth is maximum, hence KE is maximum. When the earth is the farthest from the sun speed is minimum hence, KE is minimum but never zero and negative.
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(b, d) When a man of mass m climbs up the staircases of height L, work done by the gravitational force on the man is mgl work done by internal muscular forces will be mgL as the change in kinetic is almost zero.