A freely falling object eventually stops on reaching the ground. What happens to its kinetic energy?

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asked Oct 17, 2017 in Physics by jisu zahaan (28,760 points) 26 374 805

A freely falling object eventually stops on reaching the ground. What happens to its kinetic energy?

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answered Oct 17, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 933
selected Feb 21, 2018 by sanjeev
 
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When a freely falling body eventually stops on reaching the ground, its kinetic energy gets converted into heat energy (as the body and ground become warm due to collision), sound energy and into potential energy (due to change of shape or deformation).

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