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If I drop a soccer ball. The first bounce will be highest, and each bounce after that will be lower until the ball stops bouncing.
\n" ); document.write( "How can I describe the energy changes that takes place and explain how energy is conserved?
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\n" ); document.write( "The ball before you drop it has potential energy.
\n" ); document.write( "You drop it.
\n" ); document.write( "When it hits the ground energy is expended in stretching the ball
\n" ); document.write( "and in friction with the ground.
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\n" ); document.write( "The compressed ball then has kinetic energy which causes it to
\n" ); document.write( "rebound, but to a lesser height than the original because of the
\n" ); document.write( "energy expended in the stretching and the friction.
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\n" ); document.write( "The process is then repeated.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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