Week2_Prompt#1

The energy from the ball dropping didn't disappear. My reason is because of the law of conservation of energy. According to the law, energy cannot be created or destroyed. So my friend was incorrect. Energy may not be able to be created or destroyed but it can be transferred. So when the ball reached the surface of the floor, it transferred some it's energy. This caused some of it's amount of energy to be reduced, making it stop bouncing. So in conclusion, the energy didn't disappear it was transferred.



Resources

Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. (2008) Conservation of Energy. Austin, Texas. Harcourt Education Company.