Help The diagram below models Mercury and Venus orbiting the Sun.
What force causes Venus to travel along a curved path instead of moving in a straight line as indicated by
the dashed line in the diagram?

answer choices

Electromagnetic attraction between the Sun and Venus

Gravitational attraction between the Sun and Venus

Electromagnetic attraction between Mercury and Venus

Gravitational attraction between Mercury and Venus

chemical energy --> gravitational potential energy --> kinetic energy --> elastic potential energy --> gravitational potential energy

explanation:

when emma starts the hike, the chemical energy stored in her body is used to climb up the mountain, and so she gains gravitational potential energy (because at the end, she will be at a higher height h above the ground). then she goes bungee jumping: as she falls, this gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy (because her speed increases as she falls down), until the point when the rope stretches, and she stops moving. at that moment, all the kinetic energy is converted into elastic potential energy due to the stretching of the rope. then, this energy is released because the rope returns to its natural length, and emma gains a small increase in altitude , so she gains some gravitational potential energy.