If You Drop a Rubber Ball It Doesn't Bounce Back

question 18

Multiple Choice

If you drop a rubber ball it doesn't bounce back to the height you dropped it from.This is consistent with

• A) conversion of kinetic energy into entropy.
• B) conversion of entropy into potential energy.
• C) the first law of thermodynamics.
• D) the second law of thermodynamics.
• E) conversion of kinetic energy into potential energy.

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