Tennis balls are tested by being dropped from a height of 2.5 onto a concrete fl

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Tennis balls are tested by being dropped from a height of 2.5 onto a concrete floor. The 57 ball hits the ground, compresses, then rebounds. A ball will be accepted for play if it rebounds to a height of about 1.4 ; it will be rejected if the bounce height is much more or much less than this.

Consider the sequence of energy transformations in the bounce. When the dropped ball is motionless on the floor, compressed, and ready to rebound, most of the energy is in the form of

a.) gravitational potential energy
b.) kinetic energy
c.) elastic potential energy
d.) thermal energy

What happens to the "lost" energy? The "lost" energy is transformed into

a.) elastic potential energy
b.) kinetic energy
c.) gravitational potential energy
d.) thermal energy

Explanation / Answer

b) kinetic energy d) thermal energy

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