Alana summarized what happens when a ball sitting on top of a grassy hill rolls down the hill.

The motionless ball has potential energy. Once the ball starts to roll down the hill, new kinetic energy is made. As the ball rolls across the grass, it slows down. The kinetic energy of the ball is converted to other forms of energy.

Which best describes Alana's error?

The motionless ball does not have energy because it is still.

Kinetic energy is not made; it is a result of energy transformation.

The ball cannot slow down unless someone touches it.

The energy is not converted; it disappears.

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Physics

Joselyn Yu

30 October, 20:37

Alana summarized what happens when a ball sitting on top of a grassy hill rolls down the hill.

The motionless ball has potential energy. Once the ball starts to roll down the hill, new kinetic energy is made. As the ball rolls across the grass, it slows down. The kinetic energy of the ball is converted to other forms of energy.

Which best describes Alana's error?

The motionless ball does not have energy because it is still.

Kinetic energy is not made; it is a result of energy transformation.

The ball cannot slow down unless someone touches it.

The energy is not converted; it disappears.

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Mathias Davila · Answer 1

The kinetic energy of the ball is converted to other forms of energy because it's slowing down and transforming to potential energy. So it'a choice B.

Uriah Bennett · Answer 2

B because energy cannot be created or destroyed, as stated in the Law of Conservation of Energy, one of the three laws of thermodynamics.