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A girl is riding her bicycle down a hill without pedaling. She speeds up as she goes down the hill, and the tires get a little warmer. What energy transformations happer while she is going down the hill? A. No energy transformations are involved while she is going down the hill. B. Kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy and thermal energy. C. Gravitational potential energy is transformed only into kinetic energy. D. Gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy and thermal energy.​

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Answer:Gravitational potential energy is transformed into motion energy (kinetic energy) and thermal energy.

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