A ball is dropped on to a hard surface and bounces. It does not bounce all the way back to where it started, and so has not regained all of its original gravitational potential energy
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Expert's answer
2020-11-10T06:57:04-0500
This statement accounts for the loss of gravitational potential energy:
The internal (heat) energy of the ball and its surroundings has increased.
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