Question

Any baseball is sitting on a raised bench a player accidentally knocks the baseball Off the Bench which statement best describes what will happen to the baseball's energy during its fall

Answer 1

When the baseball falls off the bench, its potential energy will convert to kinetic energy as it descends. Initially, while it is resting on the bench, the baseball has gravitational potential energy due to its height above the ground. As it falls, this potential energy decreases, while its kinetic energy, which is the energy of motion, increases. By the time the baseball reaches the ground, most of its initial potential energy will have been transformed into kinetic energy, assuming negligible air resistance.