A 16-pound bowling ball strikes a 3.5-pound bowling pin. The pin is moving very fast after the collision. It has a large increase in velocity as a large amount of kinetic energy is transferred to it. Where does the energy come from?
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The bowling pin gets its energy from the bowling ball hitting it.
The bowling pin gets its energy to move from the rotation of the earth.
The bowling pin gets the energy to move from the air around it.
The bowling pin has stored energy in it which automatically activates to help it move.
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The bowling pin gets its energy from the bowling ball hitting it.
are you sure it's not The bowling pin gets the energy to move from the air around it.
No, I am confident that the correct answer is "The bowling pin gets its energy from the bowling ball hitting it." When the bowling ball collides with the bowling pin, kinetic energy is transferred from the bowling ball to the bowling pin, causing it to gain velocity and move. The energy does not come from the air around the pin or any stored energy within the pin itself.
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