Question

A glass falls off the counter and breaks. What is a reasonable sequence of energy transformations?

A. heat energy into kinetic energy into sound energy
B. heat energy into potential energy into sound energy
C. kinetic energy into potential energy into sound energy
D. potential energy into kinetic energy into sound energy

Answer 1

It would be D. Because when it is on the counter it has PE. The when it falls it is in KE. in the end when it breaks the energy is released in sound waves or SE.