Question

a catapults lever holds a cannonball. the lever is attached to a tightly held rope. when the rope is released, the lever springs forward and launches th cannonball. when the rope is held tightly, which for energy does it possess? thermal nuclear gravitational elastic

Explanation:

• Thermal energy is related to heat.
• Nuclear energy is from nuclear reactions.
• Gravitational energy is due to height in a gravitational field.
• Elastic energy is stored in stretched or compressed objects. The rope is tightly held (stretched), so it has elastic energy.

Answer:

elastic